Talk:Emerald cockroach wasp

In versus On

The statement that the egg hatches in the abdomen implies that the egg is laid within the host. This is not the case. The egg is laid on the outside of the underside of the abdomen of the host. I feel that it is important to clarify the relationship as ectoparasitoidic by making it clear that the larva is born outside of, and then enters, the host. Grika Ⓣ 22:10, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

That's acceptable. Grika Ⓣ 22:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Picture?

A picture would be nice. Does anyone have one?

Habitat

More information on its habitat would be nice (in which climate, what countries, etc). bogdan 20:30, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Clarification

"Because the cockroaches sense attacks by the air movement of an approaching object, it is not specialised to defend itself from such an attack, only beginning to struggle once the wasp has managed to secure itself using its mandibles."

This sentence refers to the original stinging of the cockroach by the wasp, right? Not any subsequent attack by the wasp's pupa? It seems unclear to me how the roach's method of sensing attack would render it vulnerable to a wasp flying through the air.

I think this sentence could do with some clarification. Hegar 16:06, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand that sentence either. I don't see the causality in it ("because"...?). If they are specialised to detect this kind of attack, why can't they get away? Why does the fact that they sense the attacks mean that they can't defend themselves?

Besides, I think that there is at least a grammatical mistake ("the cockroaches" ----> "it is"), but even so I don't understand what is meant (so I can't correct it myself). Can someone help? IronChris | (talk) 19:48, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I removed it. It doesn't make sense without a discussion of the means by which the wasp approaches its victim. --Yath 11:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

"Researchers believe that the wasp chews off the antenna...possibly to regulate the amount of venom because too much could kill and too little would let the victim recover before the larva has grown."

I'd like the article to reflect how chewing off antennae might regulate the amount of venom. Does the wasp pull venom out of the cockroach through its antennae? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.115.27.11 (talk) 18:39, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Move

• Support - I'm in favor of the move to bring the article title in line with Wikipedia naming conventions (i.e. not capitalizing nouns in article names unless they're proper nouns). Cheers, Eiríkr Útlendi 22:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support - I agree --Someones life 18:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
• Support. David Kernow 00:38, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Moved Emerald Cockroach Wasp to Emerald cockroach wasp per naming conventions. Rd232 ^talk 23:32, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Misleading phrase

The phrase:

 A number of other venomous animals (wasps, spiders, snakes) which use live food for their larvae...

seems to imply that snakes feed live food to their young. AFAIK, this isn't the case (and young snakes aren't larvae). So I changed it to

 A number of other venomous animals which use live food for their larvae...

Since there is a link to venomous animals anyway, one can always follow it to have a list of such creatures. Tjunier 13:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The "Pop Culture References" section

I've just cleaned it up a bit and I have two points;

1. Should it even be there?
2. Assumeing the answer to my first point is no; I'm not sure all the sci-fi creatures listed can actually be said to resemble or be based on it. Most of them seem to have one thing in common (e.g. Headcrabs and the Flood modify behaviour in a similar, but not identical, way and xenomorphs use their hosts to protect their young and as food but don't really control them)

What do you all think?--Bisected8 (talk) 23:41, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I've removed it. It's pretty much all speculation and it's all unsourced.--Drat (Talk) 11:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Data?

How big are the adults, how long do they live, do they sleep and if so where, what do they eat, what do the males do all day, how do they mate, how often do they lay eggs? AxelBoldt (talk) 04:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

In Hawaii

At least two populations exist, namely on the islands of Maui and Kauai. I've personally seen them on both sides of the island of Maui, mostly on the North side (Paia) and on the South side (Wailea/Makena). I'm curious how one would go about capturing photographs of the reproductive process. Does anyone know what their burrow looks like? Viriditas (talk) 10:15, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

As luck would have it, after hanging out for a few days around the area where I saw the wasp, and as unbelievable as it sounds, I think I got the photos. But, I'm not yet convinced myself, so I'm going to ask Wikipedia:WikiProject Arthropods to confirm. Viriditas (talk) 10:15, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Ampulex page delete?

there's an article Ampulex.. perhaps it should be deleted (unsigned comment)

Ampulex is the genus, the emerald cockroach wasp is a species. On the ampulex page, the first bluelinked species is this one. So no, ampulex shouldn't be deleted. 67.222.201.194 (talk) 03:26, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

"... reduced survival instincts (such as swimming, or avoiding pain) ...

Cockroaches avoiding pain??? It is well-established that insects do not have pain nerves. Touch, vibration - yes. Pain - No. 124.183.188.234 (talk) 10:35, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

"Well-established"? Not even close. Owen× ☎ 13:57, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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