Species: Evania appendigaster
English Name: Ensign Wasp
Chinese Name: 蠊卵旗腹蜂
Family: Evaniidae
Description:
Large Ensign Wasp, with forewings up to about 7 millimeters long. It is all black and has a wide separation of the first and second sections of the coxa. This species parasite Cockroaches by laying eggs on the oothecae (egg case) and the wasp larvae use the cockroach eggs as a food source.
© 2010 David Marquina Reyes
© 2010 David Marquina Reyes
© 2012 Marc AuMarc
© 2012 Marc AuMarc
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References:
– Easton, E. R. (1993). The insects of Macau. Macau: University of Macau Publications Centre.