[Image description: Rhyssa lineolata, a type of Ichneumon wasp, rests on a leaf.]

  • Krrygon
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    49 months ago

    That is ENORMOUS. This bug is very cool and I would never want it to land on me

    • @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orgOPM
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      49 months ago

      Apparently they use it to drill into wood to lay their eggs on wood-eating larvae which will be the young wasps’ food source until they emerge into their adult forms. But yes, certainly a candidate for nightmare fodder.