they are not larvae they are a parasite.

rastamilo (45) in hive-101587 • 5 years ago (edited)

caterpillar carrying wasp parasites.
gusano cargando sus larvas.jpg

hive-101587 photography nature

5 years ago by rastamilo (45)

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jaki01 (74) · 5 years ago

For me the "larvae" look more like parasites which were growing in the body of the caterpillar.
Look and read for example here!

rastamilo (45) · 4 years ago

thanks for the correction, very interesting.

qwerrie (72) · 5 years ago

intresting!

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jaki01 (74) · 5 years ago (edited)

Please read my other comment ...

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qwerrie (72) · 4 years ago

agree, this version is more plausible.

btw -- recently I met a spider with a lot of tiny orange 'fruit bodies' - my 1st assumption was it was carrying his eggs, but when I asked questions, it turned out they are parasites eating him. nature is a struggle, not only a symbiosis, hehe

tnks for alerting me for this!