''Trogus lapidator'' is a species of
ichneumon wasp in the family
Ichneumonidae.
[ It is a ]parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...
of the species '' Papilio machaon'', and emerges from the butterfly's pupal stage, killing its host in the process.
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Ichneumonidae
Insects described in 1787
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