ensign fly

ensign fly
noun or ensign wasp
: a parasitic wasp (family Evaniidae) having the abdomen carried high on a long pedicel and larvae that live in the oothecae of cockroaches and feed on their eggs

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ensign fly,
a parasitic hymenopterous insect whose abdomen is held up high like a flag by a long, stalklike foot.

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