Cuckoo Wasp (Stilbum cyanurum) (1/5)

Hymenoptera: Chrysididae

Stilbum cyanurum  

A Cuckoo Wasp has found a Potter Wasp building its mud nest and is waiting for the Potter Wasp to leave the nest unattended.

Once the Potter Wasp has gone, the Cuckoo Wasp will fly in and drill a hole through the mud nest wall with its ovipositor to lay eggs in with the Potter Wasp eggs and the insect left trapped in there by the Potter Wasp for food.