Feeding tube constructed by Acerocephala hanuuanamu after stinging, in phloem sandwiches a close-up of a tube constructed on a larva as the wasp host feeds b tube is visible extending from the posterior end of the larva near the wasp’s mouth. Such tubes constructed for feeding through the hard shell of the pupal chamber are also marginally visible in Fig. 14d, f.

 
 
  Part of: Honsberger DN, Honsberger M, Lorenzo-Elarco JH, Wright MG (2024) The genus Acerocephala and observations of the life history of Acerocephala hanuuanamu sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Cerocephalidae) and its bark beetle host on the island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97: 545-589. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.127702