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(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)

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A paper wasp, Polistes africanus (Vespidae) that has fallen prey to a Robber fly, Hyperechia bifasciata (Asilidae), which is a Carpenter bee mimic. The little flies are Jackal flies (Milichiidae) that hang around predators and scavenge on body juices that leak from their prey.

Photograph © Vida van der Walt


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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