NOUN
- any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
How To Use chalcid wasp In A Sentence
- It features unique footage of one of the world's smallest insects, a chalcid wasp known as a fairyfly.
- The chalcid wasps that develop in fig tree inflorescences have often been used to study alternative reproductive behaviors.
- About a fifth of the infested seedpods also contained the larvae of a small chalcid wasp, Spintherus leguminium, parasitic on the hapless weevils. Wildwood
- In northern Australia. predation by various insect pests, such as chalcid wasps, may cause considerable seed destruction. Chapter 48
