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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:
The emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa, uses a cockroach as a host by essentially taking over its mind.
2010, Lynas Murdoch, Four Years on St Helena, page 92:
Equally fascinating was a video shot by Norman Hoyle, the school's Deputy Head, which showed a cockroach having been stung by a cockroach wasp (Ampulex Compressa) - though I seem to recall that the locals had a different name for it.
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.
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