Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae) is a swallowtail butterfly. The caterpillar is maroon colored with a white belt like band.
If you check this caterpillar carefully, there are several while colored larvae of parasitic wasp larvae coming out of its body. The eggs are laid inside the eggs of the butterflies or in very early stages. As the caterpillar is growing, the wasp larvae grow inside the caterpillar and when matured, come out killing the caterpillar.
If you check this caterpillar carefully, there are several while colored larvae of parasitic wasp larvae coming out of its body. The eggs are laid inside the eggs of the butterflies or in very early stages. As the caterpillar is growing, the wasp larvae grow inside the caterpillar and when matured, come out killing the caterpillar.
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