(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)
Close up of part of the propodeum of a Cockroach wasp Ampulex bredoi (Ampulicidae). The female hunts and paralyses cockroaches which she places in her nest for her larvae to feed on.
Photograph © Simon van Noort
Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).
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