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The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor ant[1]. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their numbers, or natural biocontrol. Parasitic wasps are increasingly used in agricultural pest control as they prey mostly on pest insects and have little impact on crops.

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Bees and wasps are cousins and are in the same order of classification: hymenoptera. Bees evolved from wasps some 100 million years ago, around the same time as plants started producing flowers, and bees and flowers have evolved together ever since.
Wasps are carnivorous, and get their protein from other insects, insect larvae and caterpillers; whereas bees are herbivores, and get their protein by eating pollen.

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