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Family CHRYSIDIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about the Large Cuckoo Wasps that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 20mm
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- Large Cuckoo Wasps are common in Brisbane suburban. They are usually seen flying
slowly looking for wasp nest.
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- The wasp in the above photos was collected by
our friend Ben inside his house in Brisbane during mid summer. We set it free
after we took those photos.
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- The adult Cuckoo Wasp's back is well armored and with abdomen concave
beneath. When disturbed, it curl up into a ball. This is a defense behavior
against the attack by angry nest host.
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- Cuckoo Wasps parasite on Eumeninae
of Vespidae, include the Large
Mud-nesting Wasp. We found two Cuckoo Wasps came out from Large
Mud-nesting Wasp's mud-nest.
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- Please check the Cuckoo wasp CHRYSIDIDAE family
page for more general information.
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- Reference
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 973, plate 5V.
- 2. Stilbum
superbum - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks, 2004
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