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Description:

Another poor caterpillar parasitized.

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Comments (3)
Sergio Monteiro
@Brian38: Thank you; @Saturniidae27: We have had very hot days here. With so many holes in its body, I guess the caterpillar just dried away.
Saturniidae27
It looks like the caterpillar shrunk in size because of how many Parasitoid wasp eggs are on it.

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Caterpillars of Parana, Brazil
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019

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