A small inquiline wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta. Young wasps likely feed on the developing ant larvae.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A small inquiline wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta. Young wasps likely feed on the developing ant larvae.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A small inquiline wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta. Young wasps likely feed on the developing ant larvae.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
Can you spot the parasite? This thief ant colony (Solenopsis molesta) hosts a small parasitic wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria).

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A parasitic wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A small inquiline wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
Mimopria (Diapriidae) wasps are army ant mimics that run in the ants' columns.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Mimopria (Diapriidae) wasps are army ant mimics that run in the ants' columns.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Trichopria drosophilae (Diapriidae) is a parasitoid wasp that attacks the pupae of drosophilid fruit flies. Here, a female probes a pupa with her ovipositor.

Laboratory culture at Emory University, Georgia, USA
A small inquiline wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta. Young wasps likely feed on the developing ant larvae.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A small inquiline wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta. Young wasps likely feed on the developing ant larvae.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A small inquiline wasp (Diapriidae: Bruesopria) in a nest of its host species, the thief ant Solenopsis molesta. Young wasps likely feed on the developing ant larvae.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
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