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The nest may then be opened and examined without any danger of being stung, and the different forms may thus easily be obtained, together with any rare parasitic or inquilinous insects.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.

Some saw-flies, for example, are inquilinous in the galls of gall-gnats and some gall-gnats in the galls of saw-flies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

In the case of the nests of Bombi this is the best method of obtaining the inquilinous Apathus species.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.