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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

European Orussid Wood Wasp

Orussus unicolor

About

A small, dark parasitoid wood wasp with a distinctly flattened head and stout build. It lays eggs into wood to parasitize wood-boring beetle larvae.

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Did You Know?

Orussids use vibrations transmitted through wood to locate hidden host larvae deep inside tree trunks, similar to echolocation.