Wolf spider devoured by wasp larva

In the Atlantic Forest, Brazilian scientists discovered a new case of parasitism interaction between a wasp Paracyphononyx scapulatus (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) and a wolf spider Trochosa sp. (Araneae, Lycosidae). The spider had been attacked, paralysed and implanted with a wasp egg. Scientists collected the spider alive, fed him and watched the larva grow. Twenty days after the hatching of the egg, the larva killed its host and fully consumed it within the next forty-eight hours. Then, the larva began constructing a cocoon, which took it sixteen hours. Thirty-two days later, a fully grown female wasp emerged.

Credit:
Paracyphononyx scapulatus (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), a koinobiont ectoparasitoid of Trochosa sp. (Araneae, Lycosidae)
Hebert da Silva Souza, Yuri Fanchini Messas, Fabiana Masago, Eduardo Fernando dos Santos, João Vasconcellos-Neto
Journal of Hymenoptera Research doi: 10.3897/JHR.46.5833

[bigounce]

"This is adorable" said no one ever

[Nozorin]

“Thirty-two days later, a fully grown female wasp emerged.”
“Then we killed it.”

[smegmalasagna]

Imagine getting paralysed and having to watch your body slowly getting consumed :/

[lancecorporalyuriunsc]

Who would win?
-An agile, dangerous arachnid who hunts alone with excellent eyesight.

-OR

-one white boi

[rshharrison]

A perfect example of how something horrible can transform into... something horrible

[TheKyleAye]

I also recently discovered a new species that attaches to my back and feeds off my income. I call it my wife.

[poptro]

was this in anyone else's recommended?

[japengu]

Wasp + Spider = More wasps
Wasp + Spider + Flamethrower = Problem Solved

[waynecure]

2.5k wolf spiders disliked this video.

[tondonlv]

They killed the wasp once it was born 💀💀💀

[Tantemify]

one of the worst ways to die, while being alive.

[derpy]

while its growing spider talks to humans like dont just stand there u assholes get it off me

[wehauldirect]

three days later the adult female wasp was swatted and killed by a rolled up piece of newpaper while flying around Ms. Jackson's wig..

[Beforezzz]

Bugs, arachnids, whatever. These guys really go through the rawest horror movie like scenarios with parasites.

[xMika_]

No wonder NASA spends half of their whole life in space.

[Bruhskyyy]

Approximately 3 minutes after the Wasp emerged, it began to attack the scientists.

1 hour after the incident, one of the scientists woke up to find his friends unconscious, and found the wasp, dead, laying next to one of them.

10 Minutes after waking up, the scientist felt a sudden pain in the chest, then again, even worse than the last, and all of a sudden a *_Chest Popper_* (Copyrighted and totally original idea) burst out of her. And as she sees it in front of her, she dies from shock and blood loss and other stuff. But scientists made a clone of her before she died. Somehow. And yes I did give my main character a gender at the end. Her name will be Allen Miley. And I'll turn this idea into a trilogy of movies and maybe do some cross-overs with other Alien movies and them fighting to the death, and we let them win, but we include a plot-twist just before the credits. Ah yes, I see can see myself now loathing in fame, and then maybe 25 years later start another alien trilogy movies that will have a bunch of plot holes in them, but it won't matter cause people come for the nostalgia.

[HelloThereJames]

im arachnaphobic, why am i watching this

[singlephoenix]

Every body is upset and triggered about the spider dying and im over here saying "he the larva looks like a penis hehe"

[freddyvanfossen]

Welcome back to another episode of: Why is this in my recommended

[matriarchofazure]

Imagine just going about your daily business then this happens to you.