penis_in_my_hand

penis_in_my_hand t1_iw7l8h2 wrote

Pepsis wasps (tarantula hawk) will fight a single tarantula, paralyze it, drag it back into the spider's burrow, and lay a single egg it. Then when the egg hatches the baby wasp eats the tarantula alive, going for the least vital organs first.

The parent puts considerable effort into a single offspring.

But the momma wasp doesn't hang around and care for the baby. It's more of the entomological equivalent of a trust fund...

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