ambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1imageIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·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.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 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.