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Photo Sources

1: http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/06/the_wasp_that_walks_cockroaches.php

2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/radio_ga_ga/4558928510/

3: http://www.dek-d.com/board/view.php?id=1276251

4: http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/images/b-5044-3.gif

Ampulex compressa on twig

Figure 9. Jewel wasp lookin' pretty. Photo source 3.