Mystery thing???

[bugmankeith]

When I had a gypsy moth caterpillar it was ready to shed it's skin, so the next day I checked on it and I see a big hole in the dead carcass, and hanging from it by silk was this tiny cocoon-like thing. It's smaller than my pinkie nail, hard, and seems to be made out of hardened silk. I have kept it for 2 months, but nothing emerged. Is it a cocoon,egg,or fungus? This is a drawing I created of what it looks like.

 

[crashergs]

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lol

 

[-=}GA']['OR{=-]

Prolly a parasitic wasp larvae.

 

[lucanidae]

Agreed. Most likey a Braconidae.

 

[bugmankeith]

What species, can you tell me.