释义 |
Definition of cuckoo wasp in English: cuckoo waspnoun 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 waspnoun 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.
|