Meaning of cuckoo wasp | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the many wasps of the family Chrysididae that are kleptoparasites or parasitoids and are often brightly coloured.

Examples

“In this volume the author presents an account of the ants and cuckoo wasps.”

“In our account of the mason-wasps, we have referred to the destruction of their grubs by the interposition of the ruby-tails or cuckoo-wasps.”

“Dr. L. H. Taylor determined the cuckoo-wasps (Chrysididae); Dr. H. T. Fernald the Sphecidae;[…].”

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