With their brilliant metallic colors and heavily sculptured bodies, cuckoo wasps, also known as jewel wasps or emerald wasps (scientifically known as chrysidids) are some of the most visually striking insects.
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As members of the parasitoid family Chrysididae, these wasps lay their eggs in the nests of solitary bees and wasps, where their larvae will consume the host egg or larva.
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Great photo. 🤩
: Hrodulf Steinkampf