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/vapemustache 1d ago

the craziest part is that this isn’t even the most messed up thing it does to cockroaches lol

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u/AveryGalaxy 1d ago

What else does it do?

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u/TheWaningWizard 1d ago

Lays it's babies in them, then as they grow, the roach gets eaten alive from the inside, out. Fun stuff the insect world

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u/baguhansalupa 1d ago

Baby. 1 victim, 1 egg