Chrysididae sp. (family) at Ainslie, ACT

Unidentified cuckoo wasp at Ainslie, ACT

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Identification history

	Chrysididae sp. (family)	6 Mar 2020	michaelb
	Chrysididae sp. (family)	5 Mar 2020	jbromilow50

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Chrysididae are parasitic wasps so why are the classified under "Other" here?

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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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