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 * __Introduction__**
 * The jewel wasp or emerald cockroach wasp {Ampulex compressa} is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicade.**


 * __Anatomy__**
 * The jewel wasp has a blue-green body with the thighs of the second and third pairs of legs red. The female is 22mm long; the male is smaller and lacks a stinger.**


 * __Habitat__**
 * The wasp is mostly found in the tropical regions of South Asia, Africa and the Pacific islands. The flying wasps are more abundant in the warmer seasons of the year. They were introduced to Hawaii by F.X. Williams in 1941.**


 * __Life cycle__**
 * Larvae are host on food so they can eat when they are born. Once they are older they start looking for there own food.**


 * __Diet__**
 * Just like other wasps, they LOVE flowers and also eat cockroaches [[image:Diet.jpg width="260" height="193"]]**

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 * __Predators__**
 * __Did you know?__
 * ~There scientific name is Ampulex compressa?**

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 * __Conclusion__