Willsch, Maraike;Friedrich, Frank;Baum, Daniel;Jurisch, Ivo;Ohl, Michael
Species
Emerald Cockroach Wasp
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyAmpulicidae
Observations1,708
Observations recorded1,248
扁头泥蜂（学名：Ampulex compressa）属膜翅目细腰亚目长背泥蜂科，以控制蟑螂繁殖而知名。扁头泥蜂身黑而长，表面带有绿宝石般的金属光泽，体型不大。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 202
- With media
- 81
- Family
- Ampulicidae
- Collections
- UHIM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa) is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its unusual reproductive behavior, which involves leading a cockroach into a dug burrow and using it as a host for its larvae. It thus belongs to the entomophagous parasites.
Distribution
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ampulex compressa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.