Kheilwar wasp

Kheilwar wasps were a type of creature with fatal stings. In 8011 C.R.C., the cargo vessel Sketter's Quarrel was discovered dead in space after its crew were stung to death by a kheilwar wasps that had escaped from a damaged shipping container on board the vessel.

The Sketter's Quarrel had been carrying a range of exotic creatures to deliver to Regent Solculvis of the Mol'leaj system, who maintained an extensive menagerie. The Sector Rangers investigated the vessel, and information from their file on the case was included in Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, a book authored by Police Commissioner Exantor Divo.

Behind the scenes
Kheilwar wasps were first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the 2018 reference book Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo. They originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they first appeared in the short story "Murder in Slushtime", which was written by Barbara Hambly and published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 14 in 1997.