A member of the family Cephidae, a group of parasitic wasps that lay eggs in or on other insects.
From the family name Cephidae + '-id' (suffix indicating a member of a group). The family name derives from Greek 'kephale' (head), referring to the head-dominated appearance of these wasps.
Cephid wasps are nature's assassins—they're parasitoid wasps that inject eggs into living insects, and the developing wasp larvae consume their host from the inside out, a gruesome but effective pest control strategy that farmers sometimes use to protect crops.
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