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Logophile77 commented on the word orthoparasite
"The predator does not lay its egg in the cell until the "host larva" has pupated. Some Chrysididae and Mutillidae belong to this group."
From http://antvid.org/PDF/Lomholdt_Fauna_entom_scand%20(Sphecidae,%20Crabronidae).pdf
November 17, 2017