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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
Breaking the abdomen of a parasitized Odontomachus haematodus trap-jaw ant reveals the mermithid nematode coiled within. These worms infect ant larvae and cause stunted adults. Armenia, Belize
The enlarged abdomen and shrunken head of this Odontomachus haematodus trap-jaw ant indicates she houses a massive mermithid parasite. These large nematodes infect ant larvae and result in stunted adults. Armenia, Belize
Breaking the abdomen of a parasitized Odontomachus haematodus trap-jaw ant reveals a mermithid nematode coiled within. Worms infect the ants as larvae and result in stunted adults. Armenia, Belize
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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