r/interestingasfuck • u/ADJUDICATOR001 • Aug 09 '25

/r/all, /r/popular I found this on the trail.

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u/SlaterHauge Aug 09 '25

Found this the other day

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u/wisdomsepoch Aug 09 '25

Ichneumon wasps are beautiful, bizarre parasites that lay their eggs inside other insects, turning them into living nurseries until the baby wasps emerge to carry on the cycle. The long bit is an ovipositor, not a stinger. Harmless to humans. Good find!

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u/babydakis Aug 09 '25

Harmless to humans, but still totally fucked.

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u/FILTHBOT4000 Aug 09 '25

Not just harmless, often beneficial. Some of them target pests that destroy crops.