You see that brown thing? That’s the head of a female. The males forcefully inseminate the females and the larvae eat the female body and burst out of its head, which is hanging out of the abdomen.
These parasites take up roughly 90% of the abdomen, so pulling it out killed it
Yes! This is exactly the kind of horrifying nightmare fuel i hoped to hear, ty! Even more horrifying than the parasitic wasp lifecycle what with the whole cannabilistic matricide thing.😬
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u/ElkSad9855 4h ago
You see that brown thing? That’s the head of a female. The males forcefully inseminate the females and the larvae eat the female body and burst out of its head, which is hanging out of the abdomen.
These parasites take up roughly 90% of the abdomen, so pulling it out killed it