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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Inspecting the crime scene...
The remnant of the pupa:
Please note that instead of the long crack along the axis (which would be typical if the moth has emerged normally) there is a top part of pupa missing, presumably the culprit wasp emerges from the top part and not sideways like the moth would...
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