I think it’s a carpenter bee. Several varieties have all-black females with little to no fur. It might have been small because it’s newly hatched. I want to see a male someday- they are yellow and super fuzzy.
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I believe you’re right, the photos at the 2nd and 3rd links looked a lot like the one I saw.
The male reminds me of something from The Banana Splits or Yo! Gabba Gabba.
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Tussock moth of some kind?
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I’ll be damned, I was sure those yellow things would turn out to be parasite cocoons.
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It does look like that.
I used to grow caterpillars in jars as a kid. So many times right as the Caterpillar got to the pupal stage the parasite larvae would burst out and spin their cocoons next to the corpse.
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Some make them on the caterpillar while it’s still alive. Metamorphosing organisms are like a box of chocolates…
(Edit: fuck you to hell Google Keyboard.)
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The venue makes it.
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Cool, thanks!!
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I hate it that I now have this knowledge; sometimes ignorance IS bliss.
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