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- kleptoparasites; the strategy is especially common in the subfamily Miltogramminae of the family Sarcophagidae. There are also some kleptoparasites in...
- some genera are, including Coelioxys (kleptoparasites mostly of leafcutter bees), and Stelis (kleptoparasites of leafcutter and mason bees). While some...
- themselves or to provision their nests. Many, notably the cuckoo wasps, are kleptoparasites, laying eggs in the nests of other wasps. Many of the solitary wasps...
- in the nest cells of other bees, but they are normally described as kleptoparasites (Gr****: klepto-, to steal), rather than as brood parasites, because...
- such as Orthoptera, and some, in particular the Miltogramminae, are kleptoparasites of solitary Hymenoptera. The adults mostly feed on fluids from animal...
- wingless and eyeless, as are many other ectoparasites. Others are kleptoparasites of other invertebrates, such as the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)...
- smell and can locate carc****es kilometers away. They are aggressive kleptoparasites, frequently appropriating the kills of black-backed jackals, cheetahs...
- Dictynidae). Social predatory spiders need to defend their prey against kleptoparasites ("thieves"), and larger colonies are more successful in this. The herbivorous...
- bee has its own unique chemical signature. All species (except for kleptoparasites) are pollen feeders and may be important pollinators.[citation needed]...
- capture various animals, especially other water birds, and are powerful kleptoparasites of other birds. The snake and serpent eagles of the genera Circaetus...