Date: 07/13/2018

Number: 1

I had my first larvae death yesterday. It was a first instar when I brought it in from the garden. It was near the end of the third instar phase when it when to the top of its container and started making a thread like it was going to J-hook. It didn't survive the attempt and ended up dead partially attached at the top of the container. I read online about what could have caused an otherwise healthy looking larvae to die like this. I removed the larvae to the bottom of the container and waited and today I looked and their were maggots in the container and larvae had deflated. This is the first parasitized larvae I have encountered and I hope I don't see another one.

Saint Paul, MN

Latitude: 44.9 Longitude: -93.1

Observed by: Linda
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