Eucharitid wasps (blue insect at right) are specialized parasites of ants. 

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
The pupa of a parasitic eucharitid wasp in a pile of Pheidole ant brood.

Chiricahua Mountains, Airzona, USA
Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants. Arizona, USA.

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Eucharitid wasp, male. California, USA.

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Encarsia inaron - parasitoid wasp attacking whitefly larvae. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants (in this case, Pheidole bicarinata).

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Eucharitid wasp, male. 

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA.
Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, inspecting cockroach egg cases.  Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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Eucharitid wasps (blue insect at right) are specialized parasites of ants.

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Eucharitid wasps (blue insect at right) are specialized parasites of ants. 

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Eucharitid wasps (blue insect at right) are specialized parasites of ants.

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
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