Friday 28 February 2014

Is it a wasp or a parasite?



The emerald jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa) is definitely a wasp - as its name suggests - but it lives the first stage of its life as a parasite, growing literally, inside the body of a living cockroach!


Read more: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/crawling-through-the-brain-without-getting-lost/