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Editha

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EntityQ5338700· pop 5· linked from 2 articles

Editha is a small genus of large, brightly colored sand wasps, restricted to South America. They are specialized predators of butterflies, 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.

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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Editha, and connects out to South America, Animalia and insect.

It is catalogued under topics including Apoidea genera, Bembicidae and Hymenoptera of South America.

Vinony links it to 3 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyCrabronidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
With media
30
Family
Crabronidae
Collections
NHMUK

Wikidata facts

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Editha
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Editha
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