Claim · #6492423
Mutilla europaea · parasitism · Bombus spp.
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“She invades bee nests and lays her eggs in the pupal cocoons”
- Authors
- Goulson D.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Oxford University Press
- Page
- 65
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mutilla europaea (Mutillidae) is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Bombus pupal cocoons; mechanism and effect direction match established entomological literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Mutilla europaea (Mutillidae) is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Bombus pupae; wingless female ovipositing in pupal cocoons matches known mutillid biology.”
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