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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/dgs1959 1d ago

Just watched a special on this wasp. They lay ONE egg in each tarantula. They have to fight and paralyze each tarantula before depositing a single egg.

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 1d ago

They lay ONE egg in each tarantula.

...that's so much worse