Campsomeriella thoracica is a species of scarab parasitoid wasp that has been recorded in the Middle East, Mediterranean, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The thorax is distinguishable, as it is covered in soft, ginger hair which leads to the common mistaken identity of a bee.

On her head is a pair of orange and large compound eyes and three small ocelli, only detecting change in light.

His abdomen's patterning consists of alternating reddish-orange and black stripes,[3] typical of many wasps, while western populations lack the orange colouration.

[4] Coated with a layer of soft, grey hair, the male's legs are not as muscular as the female's, being thin and lacking the spike-like bristles of the opposite sex.

Using her large mandibles and strong legs, she tackles the grub and with her sharp stinger injects her eggs into the beetle,[citation needed] before flying off.

Eventually, it performs the finishing move by consuming all of the grub's internal organs and kills it, before spinning a cocoon and then emerging as the adult.