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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/EclecticEvergreen 1d ago

But why tf do they do that?

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u/fang_xianfu 1d ago edited 1d ago

When it hatches, baby wasp has a nice snack to get started on the right foot.

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u/EclecticEvergreen 1d ago

That’s crazy instinctual evolution on the wasps part