Subject: Caterpillar Found on a tomato plant
Geographic location of the bug: Bridgeview, IL
Date: 08/25/2018
Time: 10:09 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Are those eggs on it’s back? Do i need to worry?
How you want your letter signed: Steve Guptill
Parasitized Tobacco Hornworm
Dear Steve,
Your caterpillar is a Tobacco Hornworm, and what you have mistaken for eggs are the pupae of a parasitic Braconid Wasp.
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Location: Bridgeview, Illinois
Thanks for your prompt and interesting response. We had no idea of the fascinating things going on right under our noses.