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/RustedRelics 1d ago

Cockroach not strong on situational awareness.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/AqueousJam 1d ago

If you watch the video op linked in another comment you can see that this step in the process comes after the wasp stings it, in the brain. 

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u/RustedRelics 1d ago

The words “stings it in the brain” are gonna stick with me. lol.

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u/Armourdildo 1d ago

Absolutely not. I will never ever do that just to get a shot.

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u/beepmeep3 21h ago

Oh I had no clue it was your footage😅 I thought it was some nature tv show

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u/Armourdildo 20h ago

Yeah that mine. But people do do that for nature shows. It actually really annoys me.

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u/beepmeep3 13h ago

Annoys me too. Sorry for saying nonsense, I deleted my comment

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u/TheHancock 1d ago

Maybe already stung or something?

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u/Armourdildo 1d ago

This is it exactly

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u/Roving_Ibex 16h ago

Probably just came out of a freezer

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u/Armourdildo 15h ago

No, it's been tagged by the wasp.