Emerald Cockroach Wasp Gallery

PM-10262 Emerald Cockroach Wasp / Jewel Wasp: a parasitoid wasp that lays its eggs into the nerve ganglia of living cockroaches

PM-10262
Emerald Cockroach Wasp / Jewel Wasp: a parasitoid wasp that lays its eggs into the nerve ganglia of living cockroaches
Tropical Africa, India, introduced to Hawaii for biological control
Ampulex compressa
Pat Morris
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Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa) adult female, carrying material to burrow with buried American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) zombie, to seal living egg-host inside, South Asia, Africa and Pacific Islands (controlled conditions)

© of: FLPA/Emanuele Biggi

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