''Editha'' is a small genus of large, brightly colored
sand wasps, restricted to
South America. They are specialized
predators of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
, and after capturing and paralyzing their prey, they strip the wings off before placing the bodies in an underground cell to serve as food for the wasp larva.
References
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Crabronidae
Apoidea genera
Hymenoptera of South America
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