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单词 cuckoo wasp
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Definition of cuckoo wasp in English:

cuckoo wasp

noun
  • A wasp that lays its eggs in the nest of a bee or another species of wasp.

    青蜂,尤指

    a true wasp lacking a worker caste, whose larvae are fed by the social wasp host (several species in the family Vespidae, including Vespula austriaca).

    a ruby-tailed wasp.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cuckoo wasps, as well as the other Hymenoptera previously discussed, are unable to inflict any sort of sting.
    • There are approximately 3000 species of cuckoo wasps throughout the world, including about 230 species in the United States and Canada.
    • Parasitoids usually target certain groups; for example, spider wasps infect spiders and cuckoo wasps infect other wasps.
    • The cuckoo wasp has no workers and therefore lays its eggs in the nest of the red wasp where they are reared by the red wasp workers.
    • We investigate the interaction with a specialised cuckoo wasp whose larvae kill the beewolf larvae.
    • Some species of cuckoo wasps (family Chrysididae) invade the nests of wasps or bees, kill the larvae they find, and deposit their own eggs on the stored provisions.
    • The cuckoo wasp gets its name because it, too, is a nest parasite.
    • The cuckoo wasp eggs develop into males and fertile females only - no cuckoo wasp workers are produced.
    • Should the bee return whilst the cuckoo-wasp is still present, the cuckoo wasp curls up into a tight ball.
    • The cuckoo wasp is predatory of sand wasps and lays its larvae in the nests of hosts after killing the host larvae.
    • Ground nests are parasitized by bright green cuckoo wasps, by fuzzy colorful ‘velvet ants’ (be careful, velvet ants have a painful sting), and sometimes by parasitic bees with sharply pointed abdomens.
    • If the female cuckoo wasp is discovered invading the Mud-dauber's nest, she rolls into a ball and uses special armour plates on her body to protect her.
    • Based on chemical and genetic data, I am trying to find out, whether there are different host-races in the cuckoo wasp.

Definition of cuckoo wasp in US English:

cuckoo wasp

noun
  • A wasp that lays its eggs in the nest of a bee or another species of wasp.

    青蜂,尤指

    a true wasp lacking a worker caste, whose larvae are fed by the social wasp host (several species in the family Vespidae, including Vespula austriaca)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cuckoo wasps, as well as the other Hymenoptera previously discussed, are unable to inflict any sort of sting.
    • The cuckoo wasp eggs develop into males and fertile females only - no cuckoo wasp workers are produced.
    • If the female cuckoo wasp is discovered invading the Mud-dauber's nest, she rolls into a ball and uses special armour plates on her body to protect her.
    • Some species of cuckoo wasps (family Chrysididae) invade the nests of wasps or bees, kill the larvae they find, and deposit their own eggs on the stored provisions.
    • The cuckoo wasp is predatory of sand wasps and lays its larvae in the nests of hosts after killing the host larvae.
    • Should the bee return whilst the cuckoo-wasp is still present, the cuckoo wasp curls up into a tight ball.
    • Parasitoids usually target certain groups; for example, spider wasps infect spiders and cuckoo wasps infect other wasps.
    • We investigate the interaction with a specialised cuckoo wasp whose larvae kill the beewolf larvae.
    • Based on chemical and genetic data, I am trying to find out, whether there are different host-races in the cuckoo wasp.
    • Ground nests are parasitized by bright green cuckoo wasps, by fuzzy colorful ‘velvet ants’ (be careful, velvet ants have a painful sting), and sometimes by parasitic bees with sharply pointed abdomens.
    • There are approximately 3000 species of cuckoo wasps throughout the world, including about 230 species in the United States and Canada.
    • The cuckoo wasp gets its name because it, too, is a nest parasite.
    • The cuckoo wasp has no workers and therefore lays its eggs in the nest of the red wasp where they are reared by the red wasp workers.
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