Title

Emerald cockroach wasp

Caption

Emerald cockroach wasp (Ampulex compressa), adult female emerging from the dead body of the American american cockroach (Periplaneta americana) after feeding on it as a larva and pupating inside, south Asia

Date

Jun 22, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Emanuele Biggi

Reference

BRK22G24_046

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.8Mb (1.7Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3537 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa American American cockroach Ampulex Apocrita Asia Blattidae Bombay canary Emerald cockroach wasp Insect Insecta Insects Periplaneta americana Pterygota South Asia Southern Asia Spheciformes Sphex compressus Vespoidea adult adult animal adult animals animal animal feed animal feeds animals dead dead person dead persons death deaths deceased development developments died feeding female female animal female animals females flying insect flying insects growth habitat ingestion jewel wasp kakerlac mature matures metamorphoses metamorphosis natural environment natural environments natural habitat out outdoor outdoors outside parasite parasites pterygote insect pupated ship cockroach sphecoid wasp sphecoid wasps wasp wasps waterbug wildlife photography Ampulicidae Blattodea Cockroach Cockroaches Hymenoptera cockroach wasps fauna larva larvae pupate pupating wildlife