Some thing you might see in your backyard. Thread-waisted wasps - TopicsExpress



          

Some thing you might see in your backyard. Thread-waisted wasps are typically more than 2.5 cm (about 1 inch) long and are parasitic on insects and spiders. The host is often numbed by malaxation, a pinching or crushing of the neck by the wasp’s pincer-like jaws, and paralyzed by the wasp’s sting. The wasp places the host’s body in a mud cell and lays an egg on it. Upon hatching, the larva consumes the host. Take a few minutes to watch. She covered her mud hole and has left for the night. This was the second cell she prepared. Hope there will not be more. Interesting to see.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:21:00 +0000

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