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Emerald Cockroach Wasp / Jewel Wasp: a parasitoid

Emerald Cockroach Wasp / Jewel Wasp: a parasitoid wasp that lays its eggs into the nerve ganglia of living cockroaches (Ampulex compressa). Tropical Africa, India, introduced to Hawaii for biological control

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