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Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Double-striped pug)

Origanum vulgare (Oregano)

Last update: 18 September 2022
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Common

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2022-VIII-06


This Double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)[1] caterpillar was hidden between the flower buds on a Oregano (Origanum vulgare) plant when it was discovered and stung by a wasp Ancistrocerus gazella, see here.

Double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) on Oregano (Origanum vulgare)

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