Stats

Lifespan

2-3 weeks

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical forest

Range

Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Uncommon

About

This slender wasp lives in tropical and temperate homes near cockroach nests. It flicks its abdomen like a flag while injecting eggs into cockroach egg cases.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Evaniidae

Genus

Evania

Species

Evania appendigaster