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ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
38.6418, 0.0456499
Spotting Video
Field Notes
Description:
This wasp reproduces by laying eggs in the egg cases, or oothecae, of cockroaches. The wasp larvae use the cockroach eggs as a food source. Host cockroaches include the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), Australian cockroach (P. australasiae), brown cockroach (P. brunnea), Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), whitemargined cockroach (Melanozosteria soror), and harlequin cockroach (Neostylopyga rhombifolia).
Habitat:
it occurs throughout the tropics and subtropics and in many temperate regions
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 29, 2013
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