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sunnytx Ligonier, PA(Zone 6a) Jan 11, 2009

Does anybody know what it is? Please help, thanks.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jan 11, 2009

This looks like the brood resulting from the parasitism of a caterpillar by a wasp in the family Braconidae (see http://tinyurl.com/6wyvek). Several species exhibit polyembryony, in which numerous offspring originate from a single fertilized egg. The record (so far) is more than 3,000 larvae in a single brood, see http://tinyurl.com/9ly5w4

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sunnytx Ligonier, PA(Zone 6a) Jan 15, 2009

Yes I do believe that's it.
Thanks

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