realmonstrosities:Check out that Carrot Wasp (Gasteruptiidae) in flight! It looks like a humanoid, a
realmonstrosities:Check out that Carrot Wasp (Gasteruptiidae) in flight! It looks like a humanoid, alien ant-man zooming around on a badly designed jet pack!These wasps have ridiculously long, thick hind legs with what look like excessively powerful calves. They’re called Carrot Wasps because adults like to drink nectar from flowers of plants that belong to the carrot family.Grubs are different. Mother Carrot Wasps don’t look after their young at all. Many other bees and wasps build little nests for their grubs and provision them with all the food they need to grow up.Carrot Wasps simply lay their eggs in these nests. The grub hatches, takes over the place, eats all the food and might even eat the intended occupant!“Carrot Wasp” doesn’t really capture it.…Images: fir0002/Wildlife in a Dorset garden/ron_n_beths pics/zosterops -- source link