Terrifyingly huge insect found in China

27-04-2018, 06:44 PM

crazypete Wrote: HAha I just keep getting stung. Sometimes I don't even notice there's one of those fuckers in the area, feel a sting and see him flying away. Wasps are among the list of things I hate the most - I even captured and tortured some when I was younger haha

27-04-2018, 06:46 PM

cgtweb Wrote: That's probably why they sting you so much, those were probably like their great grandparents lol

The "Tarantula Hawk" wasp is the scariest wasp I know of... it's got the second most painful sting in the world (so painful that actual scientific advice if you're stung by it is to lie down and scream xD) ...but if their treatment of tarantulas is anything to go by, they probably deserve to be tortured...

The tarantula hawk is aparasite that attacks tarantulas, paralyzing them with a sting before dragging them into a den. Here it lays an egg in ihe spider's abdomen that hatches into a larva and devours the paralyzed spider eating the non-essential organs first so that it can keep the spider alive for weeks while it feeds,eventually rupturing out of the spider's abdomen as an adult.

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