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Garden Detective

Jessica Damiano's award-winning garden blog gets to the root of things.

Zombie cockroaches inhabited by ants?

Ampulex compressa, also known as the emerald cockroach

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Because you're all gardeners, something tells me not only do you notice insects when you're digging in the dirt, but you might even be fascinated by them. It doesn't matter how many times I see an ant carry a crumb away, it just never gets old. But I just came upon a whole new level of entomological discovery that stopped me in my tracks.

I'm familiar with the inner workings of the aphid's...

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