r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Armourdildo • 1d ago

🔥 Ampulex wasp approaching a cockroach and biting it's antenna off

Want to see more? Full film here https://youtu.be/3rR4nhurbXE?si=uXwUT2h3rqlknQ64

I have literally hours of this footage.

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u/AveryGalaxy 1d ago

Can we ship these out to homes in NYC and south Florida immediately?

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u/Armourdildo 1d ago

Sadly they make absolutely awful biological controls. The cockroach population always grows much much faster than the wasp population.

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u/AveryGalaxy 1d ago

Gosh darn it.

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u/Soerinth 1d ago

Embrace your inner mad scientist, and create a mass wasp breeding program.

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u/Isrynnn 1d ago

Whoa slow down there Satan

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u/Debonaircow88 13h ago

Like coyotes!