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Postby NickiM » Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:34 pm

I had my first wasp destroy one of my swallowtail butterflies. It was the last one to eclose, and instead of a beautiful black swallowtail, there was a nasty looking wasp in the "hatching house." I have released 6 swallowtails this summer, and 4 monarchs, so far.
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Re: wasp

Postby sbannister » Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:09 pm

Don't feel too bad, it happens to all of us. You had mostly sucessful ones!!!
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Re: wasp

Postby Mona Miller » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:07 pm

http://bugguide.net/node/view/43406
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This is the wasp that eat my Spicebush Swallowtail from the inside out.
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