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Evaniidae
The female wasp lays an egg inside the roach (egg case)...The larvae of these solitary wasps feed on cockroaches and develop inside the egg-cases (oothecae) of their hosts... Technically, they are thus predators...The adults drink nectar from flowers and neither they nor the larvae are dangerous or harmful to humans. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaniidae
Is this an ensign wasp? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaniidae
Spotted on Sep 5, 2011
Submitted on Sep 6, 2011
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thank you tiberio_graco :D
It's a Wasp.
Evaniidae Family.
Natural enemy (predator) of cockroach, parasitizing their eggs.