Ampulex compressa
Emerald cockroach wasp
104
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1943
First collected
1990
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Ampulex compressa, most mentions first.
2018
Terrestrial arthropod survey of Halona Valey, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Naval Magaziune Lualualei Annex, August 2017–October 2017Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2009
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2009: -10: AnimalsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2007
Monitoring for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i, Phase II. Final report prepared for E.kHowarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2024
A natural history survey of North Halawa Valley, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Cultural and Environmental Sciences 5, 84 ppPolhemus, D.A., Howarth, F.G.& Miller, S.E. (editors) · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2021
Terrestrial arthropod survey of HalonaValley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Kickham, Naval Magazine, Lualualei Annex, August–November 2020Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2020
Terrestrial Arthropod Survey of Hālona Valley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Naval Magazine Lualualei Annex, July 2019–September 201Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2019
Terrestrial arthropod survey of Hālona Valley, Joint Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Naval Magazine Lualualei Annex, September 2018–December 2018Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2017
Terrestrial arthropod survey of Halona Valley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Naval Magazine Lualualei Annex, November 2016–February 2017Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1943 by Zimmerman, E. C. (Honolulu). The Museum last collected it in 1990; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 25, 2026.
Alive today
1,198 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-25
Long Yuen. Kwu Tung, New Territories, Hong Kong
(c) Sunnetchan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-22
West Bengal, IN
(c) Aditi Polley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19
香港九龍白鶴山美東邨美東樓
(c) atr5, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-18
Av. Sorocabana 3702 Cibratel II - Cibratel II, Itanhaém - SP, 11740-000, Brasil
(c) Yuri Bernardino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-18
Hong Kong Wetland Park, New Territories, Hong Kong
(c) Eric Ching, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11
(c) poq, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10
Calle Albino Ortega, Tepoztlán, Mor., MX
(c) lunaticblue, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
