Stock Photo: Tarantula Hawk Wasp With Kill In Mouth, Costa Rica
ID 48878669 © Stuart456 | Megapixl.com
A tarantula hawk wasp with a full sized tarantula in its jaws. The wasp stings the spider to paralyze it, drags it back to a nest, and then lays eggs inside the spider's body. The larvae then eat the (still living) spider until they emerge from its body.
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