11. "Cystomastacoides kiddo " is a typical ichneumon wasp which are infamous for their deadly reproductive habits. 12. However, the generic name was already preoccupied by an ichneumon wasp ( subfamily Gelinae ) with the same name. 13. A serious hazard of the spider's busy life is that it is hunted by an ichneumon , or parasitic wasp. 14. The ichneumon wasps are more familiar to non-entomologists, being larger and about three times as diverse as the braconids. 15. It competes for prey with the red fox, the Egyptian mongoose ( " Herpestes ichneumon " ) and the wildcat. 16. An example is the parasitic wasp " Ichneumon eumerus ", which parasitizes the butterfly " Phengaris rebeli ". 17. The name of the title is a reference to the ichneumon wasp, which lays the eggs of its young in other insects. 18. All Australian species are pollinated by the ichneumon wasp known as the orchid dupe wasp ( " Lissopimpla excelsa " ). 19. Although the colours that ichneumon wasps see are unknown, bees and wasps have similar perception with green, blue and ultraviolet wavelengths. 20. There are parasitoids in a wide variety of taxa, including ichneumons and many wasps are highly specialised for a parasitoidal way of life.
