Upon finding a beetle larva, it stings it and then digs a tiny cell around the body. The adult then lays one egg on the back of the larva. When the wasp larva emerges, it feeds on the body of the beetle larva. This insect sucks the juices of plant stems and leaves. The aphid discharges a clear, watery liquid, called honeydew.
Ants feed on honeydew.
The nymph also preys upon other animals, including plant lice. The male and female roll a ball of animal dung across the prairie floor. After the dung is pressed and round, the adults dig a tunnel in the soil and drag the ball of dung into it. The female then lays an egg on the dung. The larva hatches later and feeds on the dung until it develops into an adult.