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Moonhowl

Aug 22, 2016 10:45 AM CST

Name: Jean
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)

That is a tomato hornworm. It is the larval stage of the Carolina sphinx moth. Those are the eggs of a wasp that uses the hormworm as a host.

Cotesia congregata parasitoid wasp

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/crea...

and this is their favorite prey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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