@[email protected] to [email protected] • 8 months agoIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1125
arrow-up1125imageIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoOh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-28 months agoThe parasitic ones (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK. Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agoAnything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.
Oh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
The parasitic ones (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK.
Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.
Anything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.