cuckoo wasp

noun

cuckoo wasp

noun

1

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

In this volume the author presents an account of the ants and cuckoo wasps.1904, Experiment Station Record, volume 15, page 280:
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.1916, Edward Step, Marvels of Insect Life: A Popular Account of Structure and Habit, page 470:

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Dr. L. H. Taylor determined the cuckoo-wasps (Chrysididae); Dr. H. T. Fernald the Sphecidae;[…].1921, Bulletin of the Boston Society of Natural History, volumes 25-48, page 133:

Synonyms: chrysidid

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