tiphiid wasp
insect
Also known as: Tiphiidae
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- In wasp
…the superfamily Chrysidoidea, and the tiphiid wasps (family Tiphiidae), scoliid wasps (family Scoliidae), and velvet ants (family Mutillidae) in the superfamily Vespoidea. Cuckoo wasps are mostly brilliant metallic-green or -blue in color and often have intricate sculpturing on the exoskeleton. They lay their eggs in the nests of solitary bees…
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