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Wasp? - Evania appendigaster
Copyright © 2010 bdedo

Wasp? - Evania appendigaster
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 2, 2010
Size: about 1.2cm
This wasp-like creature was found inside a home, moving about a screened window making movements like a wasp. But its hind legs look like a katydid, and its body appears truncated, compared to many of the thread-waisted wasps.
Any help with an ID would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
b

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Contributed by bdedo on 2 June, 2010 - 10:33pm

Evaniidae
OK for Evania appendigaster
… Dave Smith, 7 June, 2010 - 5:20pm

must be it
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 June, 2010 - 11:23pm

Evaniidae
It is a parasitic wasp of cockroach eggs. Guess what that means...haha. It's probably the species Evania appendigaster.
… Chris Grinter, 2 June, 2010 - 10:48pm

 
awesome!
i graduated from Cal sometime ago! The roaches are NOT my problem, as the host-house is being remodeled!
THANKS!
b
… bdedo, 2 June, 2010 - 11:00pm

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