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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Cockroaches beware! The emerald cockroach wasp is infamous for its unique parasitization of cockroaches. A female finds a target, and then injects its brain stem with a venom that blocks its escape response. The mother wasp then leads the cockroach by the antennae to its burrow, where she lays her eggs beneath the roach and then seals it in the burrow. Three days later the larvae emerge and feed on the immobilized roach-- a delicious first meal!
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Weird Wasp....Tuesday?
I was getting kind of down in the dumps about not having any ideas for comics for a while, but I just had to find an excuse to draw an Evaniid today. The other two came into the picture afterward. Sometimes, it can be quite a challenge to come up with an idea or scenario that incorporates some kind of joke or pun related to certain insects, especially wasps.
I'm glad this one worked out. I suppose it would have made more sense to draw an ootheca in the picture, although I am curious about wether the ootheca "appears" externally after mating? I've seen photos of female Periplaneta americana without oothecae, either that, or I'm blind, lol. I welcome any advice or corrections!
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When cockroaches are on the menu... Ampulex compressa and Evania appendigaster are both cockroach parasitoids. A. compressa is known for "zombifying" cockroaches, by stinging them in the brain and then dragging them into the wasp's burrow by the antennae. An egg is then laid on the host. E. appendigaster, aka Ensign wasps, parasitizes roach oothecae by laying eggs into the cockroach egg cases. They also distinctively have vivid blue eyes.
This will be an interesting match! Who will win!? 🤔 😆
(Also, if rock-paper-scissors doesn't require hyphens, I can easily remove them).
beetles & wasps
Cockroach Wasp, Ampulex sp. by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay
Cockroach wasp by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay Dear Friends of Ecuador, I have Glioblastoma and do not have the time to carefully edit my videos. If you are interested in my Macro Photo- and Videography techniques: www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=253542#253542
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Emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp, Ampulex sp., Ampulicidae from Ecuador by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: The related species Ampulex compressa turns cockroaches into zombie slaves by two venomous stings and then leads the victim into the wasp's burrow where it lays an egg onto the roach's abdomen. The hatched wasp larva feeds on the still living cockroach. Jewel wasps have their metallic green-blue iridescence in common with Euglossine bees (Müllerian mimicry, photos at www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=75374522%40N06&q=Euglo...). Presumably predators (birds) have learned to avoid such shiny but stingy preys.
Emerald Cockroach Wasp or Jewel Wasp, Ampulex sp., Ampulicidae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: The related species Ampulex compressa turns cockroaches into zombie slaves by two venomous stings and then leads the victim into the wasp's burrow where it lays an egg onto the roach's abdomen. The hatched wasp larva feeds on the still living cockroach. Jewel wasps have their metallic green-blue iridescence in common with Euglossine bees (Müllerian mimicry, photos at www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=75374522%40N06&q=Euglo...). Presumably predators (birds) have learned to avoid such shiny but stingy preys. from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums
Emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp, Ampulex sp., Ampulicidae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: The related species Ampulex compressa turns cockroaches into zombie slaves by two venomous stings and then leads the victim into the wasp's burrow where it lays an egg onto the roach's abdomen. The hatched wasp larva feeds on the still living cockroach. Jewel wasps have their metallic green-blue iridescence in common with Euglossine bees (Müllerian mimicry, photos at www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=75374522%40N06&q=Euglo...). Presumably predators (birds) have learned to avoid such shiny but stingy preys. from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums
