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Original - The emerald cockroach wasp Ampulex compressa, pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The wasp is known known for its unusual reproductive behavior, which involves disabling a live cockroach and using it as a host for its larvae.
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Reason
IMO, wasps are much harder to photograph than bees and flies as they hardly stay in one place for a long time. I found this wasp near a cockroach and thus it was more cooperative. This picture is of good quality and good EV. The foreground may be distracting to some, but it is unavoidable. The image is the only decent image wiki has of any member of the family, genus and species of the wasp! The wasp was on a cement sprayed wall looking down.
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Emerald cockroach wasp, Spheciformes, Ampulicidae, Ampulex
Creator
Muhammad
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Promoted File:Ampulex compressa.jpg MER-C 01:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]