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Ichneumon flies
Answer for the clue "Ichneumon flies ", 13 letters:
ichneumonidae
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The Ichneumonidae are a parasitoid wasp family within the order Hymenoptera . They are important parasitoids of other invertebrates; common hosts are larvae and pupae of Coleoptera , Hymenoptera , and Lepidoptera . Over 24,000 species have been described ...
Usage examples of ichneumonidae.
Finally, it may not be a logical deduction, but to my imagination it is far more satisfactory to look at such instincts as the young cuckoo ejecting its foster-brothers,--ants making slaves,--the larvae of ichneumonidae feeding within the live bodies of caterpillars,--not as specially endowed or created instincts, but as small consequences of one general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.