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
A male Leptopilina boulardi (Figitidae) lifts his wings in preparation for flight.

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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