White butterfly parasite, Cotesia glomerata. Its a small (3-7mm) black wasp that parasitize a wide range of Pieris butterfly species. The female is inject her eggs inside a young larvae of a Large white butterfly, Pieris brassica. After 15 to 20 days the larvae emerge, killing the parasitized caterpillar. These newly emerged larvae spin cocoons in a cluster on or nearby the host caterpillar; after 7 to 10 days the imago adult wasps hatch from these cocoons. In the photo a larvae is emerging from the butterfly caterpillar and the previous ones are already pupate around the caterpillar body in silken cocoons. Portugal

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