Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Anyone know what this is?, 1 by BlueGlancer

BlueGlancer wrote:
I have some more pictures. The thing that was partly hanging out of the cocoon was one of those long green caterpillars...all dried up. (like the one above, that I still haven't id'd.

Cathy...make sure when you go by the mobile that you tell them that these are not small cocoons. Mine are about 3 inches long and 1 3/4 wide.

It does seem to be some kind of wasp that does this...but I'm not sure, (just yet), that it is the braconid wasp.
Thanks for helping, Cathy.
~Lucy