A cluster of cocoons of pupating wasps, Cotesia sp.

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A cluster of cocoons of pupating wasps, Cotesia sp. Wasps in this genus are parasitoids. As larvae, these wasps most likely lived within and consumed another insect, then left to form this cluster and pupate.

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Location: Haydenville, Massachusetts, New England, United States, , USA
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License: Licensed
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Keywords: .., ..., animal, animals, arthropod, arthropods, braconid, cocoon, cocoons, cotesia, hymenoptera, hymenopteran, hymenopterans, insect, insects, invertebrate, invertebrates, islc, massachusetts, parasite, parasites, parasitic, parasitoid, parasitoids, pupa, pupae, usa, wasp, wasps