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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Ensign Wasps (Evaniidae) » Evania » Blue-eyed Ensign Wasp (Evania appendigaster)
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Evaniidae - Evania appendigaster
Copyright © 2012 Travis Cole

Evaniidae - Evania appendigaster
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 26, 2012
I found this wasp in my kitchen earlier today. It was constantly on the move and bobbing it's abdomen up and down.

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Contributed by Travis Cole on 26 July, 2012 - 8:14pm
Last updated 15 April, 2021 - 4:17am

Moved
Moved from Ensign Wasps.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 15 April, 2021 - 4:17am login or register to post comments

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… Brad Barnd, 26 July, 2012 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

Ensign wasp
probably Evania appendigaster; these parasitize cockroach egg cases
… Brad Barnd, 26 July, 2012 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info
Thank you! I have seen about a dozen cockroaches in my house over the last month or so.
… Travis Cole, 26 July, 2012 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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