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Emerald cockroach wasp (Ampulex compressa) at the Budapest Zoo. This species is parasitic and lays eggs on cockroaches for the young wasps to feed on upon hatching.
Keywords
- Ampulex compressa
- black background
- Budapest
- Budapest Zoo
- captivity
- Close-up
- cockroach wasp
- directly above
- emerald cockroach wasp
- Hungary
- insect
- invertebrate
- jewel wasp
- parasistes
- Parasite
- Parasitic
- Photo Ark
- studio shot
- three quarters length
- wasp
- Zoo
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