Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order HYMENOPTERA
Family EVANIIDAE
(Ensign Wasps)
(Table of Species)
The Evaniidae (11 NA spp) or Ensign Wasps have a small petiolate abdomen that is raised dorsally like a flag. They are parasitic on cockroach egg capsules. A few specimens in the genus
Hyptia
have been collected.
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Last updated May, 2000
