Discover how the Emerald Cockroach Wasp masters cockroach zombification to ensure its offspring's survival. Uncover the secrets of this wasp's behavior. The first she delivers to the roach’s ...

If cockroaches had nightmares, the emerald cockroach wasp surely would deserve a prominent place therein. These colorful, tiny parasitic wasps sting American cockroaches twice, once in the midsection ...

It's Halloween, so prepare to be terrified. And no, this column has nothing to do with Open Enrollment Season. Instead, it relates to the emerald cockroach wasp, a wisp of an insect that you may have ...

If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp. Females of the species Ampulex compressa, known also as emerald cockroach wasps, are less than an inch long and decked out in ...

Zombie insects might sound like the B-movie plot device. But to the emerald cockroach wasp (Ampulex compressa ), they’re a tried and tested way to provide food for their hungry larvae. Researchers ...

Cockroaches that inhabit everywhere in the world have a very strong life force and fertility, and have been living on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. The strength of the life force of the ...

"Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death, and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren." - Johnny Quid, RocknRolla , Microplitis croceip, found that contamination with Serratia marcescens can lead ...