A family of small parasitoid wasps that lay their eggs in or on other insects, which become food for the developing wasp larvae.
From akron 'peak' + keras 'horn' + -idae family suffix. Names the wasp family with the peak or horn-like characteristics.
Acroceridae wasps are absolutely tiny—some are smaller than the head of a pin—yet they've evolved to parasitize spiders much larger than themselves with remarkable precision!
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