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CHRYSIDIDAE sp. (family)
Cuckoo wasp or Emerald wasp at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| CHRYSIDIDAE sp. (family) | 6 Mar 2020 | michaelb | ||
| CHRYSIDIDAE sp. (family) | 5 Mar 2020 | jbromilow50 |
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User's notes
Chrysididae are parasitic wasps so why are the classified under "Other" here?
1 comment
KimPullen wrote:
21 Aug 2020
Good question, John. Most 'parasitic' wasps are actually parasitoids, and some are bordering on predators. The distinction rests on whether they cause their prey/host to die immediately (predator), later (parasitoid) or not at all (parasite). Since the life histories are mostly poorly known, it would be better to rejig the CNM categories along taxonomic (not ecological) lines. Mea culpa (I was the one who suggested the original categories)!
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.152054-35.259225
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Mar 2020 11:57 AM Recorded on
- jbromilow50 Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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