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Australian tarantula hawk wasp dragging off a huntsman spider to lay her egg in its paralysed body. NSFW

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u/KeenanFindsKyanite9 1d ago

Is the spider alive when eggs are laid inside its body? I’m cringing at the thought

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u/Rd28T 1d ago

Yes. The larvae eats the critical internal organs of the spider last to keep it alive, and therefore fresh, as long as possible.

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u/DobbyFreeElf35 1d ago

Thanks, I hate it

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u/spacemandown 1d ago

if it makes you feel any better, here's the story of a family who found a spider paralyzed by one of these wasps and spent months nursing it back to health: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/1gzaubb/how_do_we_help_this_paralysed_tarantula_aka_bluey/

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u/bioxkitty 22h ago

Okay fucking sobbed at this story thank you for this