Claim · #6492484
Sphecodes spp. · parasitism · Halictinae (subfamily)
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“females of some mostly cleptoparasitic genera such as Sphecodes destroy the egg of the host and replace it with their own”
- Authors
- Michener C.D.
- Year
- 2007
- Publication
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Page
- 31
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sphecodes as cleptoparasites of Halictinae is well-documented; source quote directly supports the mechanism of host-egg destruction and replacement.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Sphecodes spp. are well-documented cleptoparasites of Halictinae; source quote directly supports the described mechanism of egg destruction and replacement.”
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