This tomato worm on my neighbor’s pepper plant is infested by wasp larvae. The larvae paralyze and eat the worm, avoiding the vital organs to keep it alive as long as possible. Submitted by MantisAwakening t3_yh0073 on October 30, 2022 at 12:35 AM in mildlyinteresting 43 comments 131
coltech88 t1_iubdhkk wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:53 AM Decorative debilitation. I had one of these nasties spit on me while weeding in my garden. Permalink 9
This tomato worm on my neighbor’s pepper plant is infested by wasp larvae. The larvae paralyze and eat the worm, avoiding the vital organs to keep it alive as long as possible.
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