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EUCHARTID WASP ©Rundstedt Rovillos / solent Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasitoids of ants.  Larvae develop inside ant nests feeding on  ant brood.  Adult wasps sometimes form large mating swarms in meadows, where the females oviposit in plant material.  Young larvae attach themselves to passing ants, or to ant prey items, to be carried into the ant nest. Fact Source: www.myrmecos.net/insects/Eucharitid1.html Other images you may like: Emerald Cockroach Wasp or Jeweled Wasp Ruby-tailed or Cuckoo Wasp Cymothoa Exigua —- allcreatures: Eucharitid wasp, showing its feathered head-dress. Picture: Rundstedt Rovillos / solent

EUCHARTID WASP ©Rundstedt Rovillos / solent

Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasitoids of ants.  Larvae develop inside ant nests feeding on  ant brood.  Adult wasps sometimes form large mating swarms in meadows, where the females oviposit in plant material.  Young larvae attach themselves to passing ants, or to ant prey items, to be carried into the ant nest.

Fact Source: www.myrmecos.net/insects/Eucharitid1.html

Other images you may like:

Emerald Cockroach Wasp or Jeweled Wasp

Ruby-tailed or Cuckoo Wasp

Cymothoa Exigua

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allcreatures:

Eucharitid wasp, showing its feathered head-dress. Picture: Rundstedt Rovillos / solent

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