cockroach wasp
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Noun
cockroach wasp (plural cockroach wasps)
- Any wasp of the family Ampulicidae, small sphecoid wasps that prey on cockroaches to lay their eggs on them.
- 2007, Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild, unnumbered page,
- The emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa, uses a cockroach as a host by essentially taking over its mind.
- 2011, Peter K. L. Ng, Richard Corlett, Hugh T. W. Tan (editors), Singapore Biodiversity, page 268,
- Mainly found in the tropics, cockroach wasps have a metallic green body and measure up to 33 mm long. […] When a prey is located, the female cockroach wasp stings the prey to paralyse it.
- 2007, Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild, unnumbered page,
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Ampulicidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ampulicidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Ampulicidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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