@ambitious_bones to [email protected] • 2 months agoIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?imagemessage-square56arrow-up1128arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?@ambitious_bones to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square56file-text
minus-square@FoshezelinkEnglish3•2 months agoOh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
minus-square@FooBarringtonlink2•2 months agoAnything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-22 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.
Oh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
Anything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.
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.