Biological observations
3.2.1. Miltogramma chrysochlamys (Rohdendorf, 1925)
All eight females were caught when they were
perching close to nest entrances inside a colony of an
unidentified solitary bee. When bees appeared, females
of M. chrysochlamys immediately darted at them, and
after a short direct contact flew back to the perching site.
Nest entrances were clogged by loose soil, and female
bees would always enter their nests by quickly digging
through the sand.
The abdomens of all the females of M. chrysochlamys
collected contained only larvae inside their egg shells. In
the laboratory, females laid eggs on the walls of the
Eppendorf tubes, but no larvae emerged immediately
from these eggs.