Parasitoid wasps: Like the Alien movies, but real!

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Imagine that after it punches it's way through your chest it makes you tuck it in and cook it dinner. That's what this wasp actually does!
Cotesia golmerata, arguably the most interesting animal in all of nature. I (TC camera op James) have been trying to film this for the last three years. This was my white whale. Hope you enjoy it!
Original score by Richard Collins. Check out his other work here: www.richardcollinsmusic.com/
Here is a link to the specific track used in this.
richardcollinsmusic.bandcamp....
Narration by Dave Gillies.
Additional footage by Richard Mann.
Special thanks to the following people.
Mark Bushell
Mark Pajak
Rhian Rowson
Dr. Gavin Broad
Prof. Marcel Dicke
Dr. Ross Piper
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[@hellothere5871]

Wasp: imma end this whole man's career Catapillar: Imma turn this into my career

[@BanditOfBandwidth]

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

[@amanofculture9885]

General kanobi

[@shivamjoshi5421]

Underrated comment

[@fynkozari9271]

The second one is funny.

[@KingvGio]

Dang is it me or does the insects baby have more mass then the mama catapiler

[@nrdpc5975]

The caterpillar paid the ultimate price in child support.

[@Fanatical4life]

LMAO YES

[@theaster.auctor3285]

This comment is pure gold

[@JuanLopez-cw3cc]

Omg ...LMAO

[@cyberwess-007]

hilarious.....:)

[@andreaprelestian5443]

And he's still baby 😅

[@thelatiosmaster]

The fact they lay their eggs into other "guests" and they develop inside them is not that special, but the fact they also REPROGRAM the guest to protect them to death when they grow out... that's the truely scary part

[@danilozaurus7797]

it is like we raise and develop the AI.

[@SalvableRuin]

Truly*

[@mitaskeledzija6269]

​@@danilozaurus7797or we develop the AI to develop our children lol and do shit for us like slaves. That's the only comparison I see. And AI and God have two key values that are amazing and terrifying same time. We should stop with it though.. it will lead humanity to extinction.

[@HopkinsIsNotAVictim]

After they hatch, they get a bar mitzvah.

[@94oddy]

⁠@@danilozaurus7797Just for the AI to feed on our minds later on

[@tonybmusic1166]

The Ichneumon Wasp was the inspiration for the movie “Alien.” The writer read about this species and created the storyline for the movie. Kinda interesting when the host is a caterpillar…..not quite so much when it’s a human.

[@onion_____]

Source,?

[@joshuaking9589]

Got a source?

[@LillyWhiteFairy]

You literally can search it...

[@savionmcqueen8944]

honestly ichneumon wasp have a particular spot in my mind, im fascinated by them. When I was a kid we took a field trip to some flower field but I just remember this giant black wasp flying by me with what I thought was a huge stinger. I was so terrified and disgusted at that time, I thought how could bugs exist like that? It wasnt until I was older that I tried researching that bag and understood that insects are just elite life forms in a small body. If they were bigger and smarter bugs would absolutely terrorize the planet.

[@q45ij54q]

It also was one of the main reasons Darwin stopped believing in the Christian God thinking that no all-loving being would create something like that.

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

Nature is scary in general, but insects are on a whole different level of terror.

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

@Hayden VI God: Lucifer... Lucifer: What? (God throws book of creation at him) Go crazy.

[@veasnatdm4861]

You need to see a life cycle of micro organism, It is also very different from other.

[@davidhujik6078]

@@wesleybradshaw2609 he made the boogie man it scared 3 people, then Lucifer made a Republican they scare people at election times. The he made oprah Winfrey she scared thousands. Then he made the spiders and wasps..them fuckers scare everyone lol

[@TeamCandiru]

"Mercy is for the weak" - Invertebrate fauna probably.

[@ImNotDelusionalYouAre]

@Dick Borbon I am atheist rat

[@Begam_chan]

The wasp : *slaps the top of caterpillar* "This bad boy can fit so many larvae in it."

[@Foozefighter]

this comments wins them all!

[@RazorM97]

Pimp my caterpillar

[@mehana9746]

LMAOO

[@OfficialLuceMusic]

@@RazorM97 🤣

[@flipfeef]

disgusting

[@leonardolopezmartinez6340]

When I was about 13 years old, in my garden there were a lot of caterpillars and I was very excited to see how these insects became pupae and then butterflies, but I remember looking at a caterpillar and seeing that it behaved strangely, to which I kept observing when suddenly , those worms began to emerge! I was simply shocked because I didn't understand what was happening, how it was possible that worms came out of a caterpillar, I was appalled, but then I did some research and found out what it was. A bit mirk.

[@FuchsiaRosa]

Looking at this video and comparing your experience I don’t see how you weren’t scared for life

[@thediaz07]

I would've burned the wasps.

[@Sheenifier]

​@@thediaz07no trust me you want the wasps. The wasps won't eat your garden

[@thediaz07]

@@Sheenifier but they'll eat my brain 🧠

[@Sheenifier]

@@thediaz07 understood. You got caterpillar for a brain

[@brendandash]

the fact that the caterpillar is alive and takes care of the larva is insaneb

[@dlasky]

The quality of the footage here rivals some multimillion-budget documentary channels and studios

[@TeamCandiru]

Thanks!

[@firegator6853]

really i still try to understand HOW the hell they showed a footage so big of such tiny catterpillar and the even more tiny wasp larvae the catterpillar in that footage is like the ground and the wasp larvae digging upwards

[@TeamCandiru]

@@KD-os7kv Richard Collins did an original score for this, www.richardcollinsmusic.com/

[@AgentExeider]

Yeah it really makes you ask how much money goes toward the production staff and how much goes to fat cat producers.

[@joefernandez5787]

@@firegator6853 macro lenses It's what most likely they used

[@juanpablocastano2192]

Caterpillar: what can I say, they're my babies now.

[@name-vw6ll]

Here, I shall give you my like so your underrated ingenious comments can grow.

[@damondshoyo3307]

Made me laugh

[@christianmarx3249]

but why

[@damondshoyo3307]

@@christianmarx3249 which one of is you talking too?😂

[@good_vibes2026]

"I have been tricked!..but they arrrre kinda cute."

[@studentoflife3149]

I literally had a moment where I stopped and said “wait wtf, how can this be real?” So incredible to amazed with the magic of nature

[@immortalxd6190]

Ikr

[@mrkiky]

horrified*

[@SolaTheUnknown]

Magic of nature? I would call this horrors of nature

[@lemmy154]

@@SolaTheUnknown no

[@PileOfScrap]

More like dark arts of nature

[@Nihlux]

Thank God I'm not an insect. What a terrifying world...

[@munch762]

You know there are species very close to you right now that want to use you as an incubator too, you've been the birthplace of millions of creatures my friend, congrats🎉

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Right now thousands of larvae are living on your eyelids in their little colony. Fortunately, we have an alliance with them. They keep our eyelids clean from bacteria, we let them live rent free.

[@GoEvenHarder]

Caterpillar: WTH IS GOING ON???!? WTH ARE THESE THINGS COMING OUT OF ME???!? 2 minutes later Caterpillar: Mah babies

[@alexgajardo93]

Like Randy Marsh😂

[@phoemizito]

lmao

[@thefoxorsomething8235]

Right that's so weordt

[@LoogPed127]

😆

[@Hi-vf9wx]

@Tyler Stone OP said that because the caterpillar takes care of the larvae like its own babies

[@CesarAbeid]

If I'm an insect and I start hearing the soothing voice of an English voice actor, I'd know something is up

[@denierdev9723]

Especially when Ridley Scott's the cameraman

[@osamabinladen824]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SirChaddington]

But the narrator of this video is Scottish

[@kannethamartin8865]

Totally Scotch, lol.

[@bjrnterjesen651]

Hahaha😄😆

[@nkemcels]

That initial fight between the caterpillar and the wasp was MMA level

[@joeyb6285]

that went from *horrific to wholesome to tragic* right quick!!

[@bigdaddypatty8348]

Imagine just being a chill caterpillar on a leaf then see a bunch of cameras focused around you for a documentary of wasps

[@cesar6447]

And it gets worse that they're just to watch how you get zombiefied by a wasp. That caterpillar watch them... just staring at it... without helping...

[@jasonspades5628]

Damn, that's one hell of an observation

[@joice2871]

U act like they gaf

[@jasonspades5628]

@@joice2871 The level of irrationality and irrelevance with respect to the nature of your comment is by far the most insufficiently nonsensical response I've ever seen on social media. And I debate creationists. Be proud of that. It's not easy to be nonsensical. Even trying to be irrational requires a level mindless structure. But you have managed to demonstrate the existence of pure academic ignorance with the social morals of a cockroach seeking anything they can attempt to poke fun at wherever it appears to be editable after dark scurrying legs can find for itself.

[@no.more.losses705]

😂😂

[@clfrey75]

Note to self: Do not come back as the Large White Caterpillar.

[@arneljamilon308]

@sherry your pic profile is bird

[@TomSNC]

@sherry I mean they suffer at the hands of other animals too

[@TheAnimationStationTAS]

@@TomSNC especially humans.

[@TomSNC]

@@TheAnimationStationTAS Im not sure of that 100% as theyve been suffering at the hands of each other long before we existed. Humans can be pretty shitty with a lot of things tho but other animals aren’t devoting the resources to save other animals that humans are. However humans are also destroying the environment, so it’s like a 1 step forward and 1 or 2 steps back kinda thing

[@TheAnimationStationTAS]

@@TomSNC sorry, I thought you meant humans suffered at the hands of other animals.

[@SuperHaoken]

it's amazing that the caterpillar develop a maternal instinct for those warps.

[@pratiksharma3538]

i can only imagine the amount of hardwork that had gone into making this video thank you so much for giving it for free to all of us 🙏🙏

[@TeamCandiru]

Thanks. If was a real labour of love and we are happy to share it.

[@TangoSierra888]

The fact that the larvae feed on the caterpillar’s insides without killing it, then burst out & force it to protect them until it starves to death is insane. Nature is weird, man.

[@juanrodrigo3646]

Yup

[@saooran7364]

Kind sir please inform the spoiler beforehand, mind you.

[@jueylewisandthebrews]

Do I dare point out the similarities in your description betwixt a human mother and child?

[@leschi7432]

@@jueylewisandthebrews as a new mom just born my baby this is highly disturbing image :V

[@dynamicentry6157]

you know what they say...."life is not fair" lol

[@testarossa53]

The narrator feels like he's persuading me to join the Thieves Guild

[@CaIamity_]

Ave, true to Caesar! Oh wait, wrong game...

[@aimarlangley4156]

omg he does sounds like that guy

[@Twiggyay]

Brynjolf has left his thieving ways behind him, and has since made an honest career out of nature documentary narration.

[@ThatMadCat]

Never done an honest day's work in your life for all that coin you're carrying, eh lad?

[@baconnator179]

@@CaIamity_ we won't go down quietly. The legion can count on that

[@angel7martinez]

I am a huge fan of horror movies. This right here shook me to my core.

[@Bendetoma]

As creepy as this video makes them seem, those wasps are actually incredibly useful in controlling pests.

[@finnmchugh99]

Just like cicada killer wasps

[@iralol3771]

"As well as being incredibly aggressive" *Wiggles violently*

[@xupin9783]

🤣

[@tysonwilliam1722]

Arthur from the Minimoys could have his own Alien movie, without special effects !

[@brandonlewis1319]

😂

[@CyberTron30O0]

Paid actor.

[@VikingerOnYT]

That's honestly scary

[@1911dawg]

I heard this can happen to humans ;)

[@thanxxxx]

Damnnnn

[@trickyclown3719]

@@1911dawg AYO WTH

[@TimSzabo]

@@trickyclown3719 dude he means parent hood lmao

[@ahmeteminsenyurt131]

Imagen getting bitten by a wasp... only to have babys emerge out of your skin 2 and a half weeks later! THATS SCARY.

[@luciusesox1luckysox570]

Makes the film Alien seem all the more believable .

[@gigazerkertv]

Its like in alien resurrection, the anthropomorph alien thought Ripley was her real mother.

[@salty8202]

that caterpillar is more of a mother to their children than the wasp that laid them

[@josephtatum3993]

Just like my mom tbh

[@kaisimmons504]

In a gruesome way😂

[@forrestl5597]

high society types

[@blueshoes5145]

A mother by our defenition ..animals dont all work the same.

[@brandonfoley7519]

Interesting

[@dudethmcgraff7627]

Holy crap I can’t believe it’s actually WORSE than I imagined

[@Raydensheraj]

Turned Charles Darwin pretty much into an Atheist...😂

[@poop_schmoop]

im scarred

[@Welari12]

Read this in Gordon's voice

[@condorX2]

I wonder why the caterpillar create a harden web to protect the baby Wasps? The plant food is just under the caterpillar, why didn't the caterpillar eat it? It's because his stomach already being cut opens? Hmm that might be it. It guess the caterpillar view those Wasp as it offspring and die happy.

[@dudethmcgraff7627]

@@condorX2 the narrator touches on that in the video by saying there are powerful chemicals racing through its body, caused by the larvae

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

"You admire the goddamned thing..." "I admire it's purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience or delusions of morality."

[@markembile9510]

*A LITERALLY AN ALIEN-LOOKING CYCLE IN THE INSECT WORLD* This channel: *proceeds to put an uplifting song background*

[@kayskreed]

The mind-blowing thing is that the caterpillar was forced to be the caretaker of its parasitic killers. It was completely zombified at that point. Nature is truly more bizarre, twisted and disturbing than any horror story I've seen. For anyone writing horror, take your cues from Mother Nature.

[@MikeM-uy6qp]

Yeah, the Alien writers actually toned it down.

[@wesmerit8855]

Meanwhile, there are people out there who lose their minds if preferred pronouns are not enforced.

[@goead]

@@wesmerit8855 lol

[@monetum1392]

@@wesmerit8855 Dude could people like you just stfu and stop bringing this shit up so randomly 😂

[@nihilego3634]

@@wesmerit8855 🐹 ⋆ 🐷 🎀 𝑅𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝑒 🎀 🐷 ⋆ 🐹

[@gianlatorre9357]

This is why you should always evolve your Caterpie.

[@xRolyJoel]

Good thing they evolve early

[@jhalo2554]

Bro-

[@shenalkagunasekera2574]

Ninjask doing em dirty

[@szymanowski7]

@@shenalkagunasekera2574 😫😭😭

[@orgil279]

What if the metapod evolved to venomoth instead?

[@PhilAse-ki8ks]

The quality of this footage is top-notch 💯

[@bassman494]

Incredible camera-work. What a mind-blowing video.

[@TeamCandiru]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@botanicleaf3824]

This is like a car crash. Hard to watch but hard not to. Incredible.

[@Ze_N00B]

"You're like a marshmallow in slow-motion. It's like I'm watching you eating salad through a windshield." -Time bending Scout

[@FrappuccinoAlfredo]

@@Ze_N00B lmao I just watched that like 10 minutes ago

[@shotokhan4078]

perfect description!

[@psychosemantics]

It's so physically uncomfortable but I can't stop watching due to curiosity

[@BassLineProductionsI]

@PARK give it a rest

[@xupin9783]

wasp:imma implant my children on you! Caterpillar: *our* children

[@raihannurulfikri4654]

Technically wasp children was born from the caterpillar,so its not completely wrong 😅

[@minimongo9560]

@BLADE except humans need a man and a woman to have kids???

[@raphaelj.r5804]

*USSR National Anthem starts playing*

[@xupin9783]

@@raphaelj.r5804*USSR anthem intensifies*

[@blakhawk999]

Your pfp is everything to me 😭😭

[@jeremykyle123456]

The narrator has a soothing voice and makes anything not so scary

[@mikewill7010]

True asmr vibes

[@EggieAnimates]

Not me getting emotionally attached to a caterpillar and then being crushed by its death

[@TheRealMTR]

Nah I'm good fam

[@sage_artreviews4737]

Lol wow I cant believe I found you on here my dude

[@sage_artreviews4737]

....what?!

[@toofast2721]

My guy!

[@dawo4820]

Yaman

[@samatitian7765]

Bruuuuh I didn't know you watch as well,

[@OriginalKKid]

I thought my life was s***, now im just glad im not one of these caterpillars.

[@Ilovegrunge123]

Well there is always reincarnation, hopefully if it exist i come back as a human.

[@firegator6853]

@@Ilovegrunge123 or as a pet dog.....their lives are the best if they are raised properly and not thrown outside

[@expectnothing9032]

*yet*

[@jennifermiller5696]

I have no idea what to comment but I guess this counts

[@dannyvendetta6677]

No cap Thank you God 😂😂😂😂

[@KDuff-2015]

It’s crazy how the Caterpillars look changed from 2:20 when it got bit to 7:00 when it’s protecting the baby wasp. Almost like it mutates

[@cher8005]

Subscribed. Decision was a complete no-brainer😏. This channel is a winner. Bravo!

[@SeriousJB]

*"70% of large white caterpillars suffer this fate"* Well, I now know what I don't want to be in my next life

[@dioxide39]

The time I was reincarnated as a -slime- caterpillar

[@H2Ojellyfish]

@@dioxide39 shut up

[@ILoveWarCrimes_Jk]

@@H2Ojellyfish what is wrong with you?

[@juansandrik9549]

@@ILoveWarCrimes_Jk shut up

[@ILoveWarCrimes_Jk]

@@juansandrik9549 lol no I won't

[@cmillspa1]

Wasp looking at a caterpillar: "It's free real estate."

[@NL-tq1yr]

And free day care, yayyyy

[@RamdomView]

No, you saw the damage the wasp took.

[@yukinamiuka]

Literally

[@jerryamescua]

Wasn’t free. It cost damage

[@cmillspa1]

@@RamdomView Ya must be fun at parties.

[@WebflingerJoe]

Damn dude when that caterpillar sat on a pile as large as itself it blew my mind

[@guydreamr]

Caterzombies. This is nature on a whole other level.

[@matthewgriffin1782]

This dude just said "70% of these caterpillars will go through the same fate" and there's something spine-chilling about that

[@EggwonMusk]

@@nobody7817 thats a nice fact i tell random people lol

[@nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife]

Cells have a kill switch, i kinda wish all life had a kill switch. Id just nope right out of it. Something too terrifying, could nope right out.

[@pamelapap]

I feel sorry for them. I might go looking out and kill a couple of these wasps when I see them.

[@ungobungo7986]

@@pamelapap Why? Its nature

[@Lucas-Nunes]

@@pamelapap You shouldn't do that. There is a reason why so many die. It's nature's ecosystem,it's balanced as it has to be.

[@royhoequist8846]

Had no idea caterpillars could suffer from Stockholm Syndrome.

[@NetNN]

More like brainwashing. It's brain is totally hijacked.

[@modest_mind2526]

@@LUITESLIFE Video states that taking care of the wasps is the only maternal instincts it has. Which means they do not do this for their own offspring.

[@inverse2k1]

@@modest_mind2526 which is much creepier than one could ever imagine.

[@manp1039]

i am thinking about the evolutionary steps that led to this.. it is amazing and puzzling and sad too.

[@petergreen1354]

Something about that catapillar reminds me of a Democrat voter😂🤣

[@TonyScavini]

It's almost like the entire purpose of the caterpillars existence is to produce the wasps, 70% of them live and die for this, it's absolutely insane.

[@PeterParker-gt3xl]

A script for another spooky Alien invasion movie. Caterpillar is not the only victim.

[@carrnil]

I never liked wasps, and i like them even less now.

[@Peacemaker-96]

It's nature's way of saving the plants from being overeaten by that caterpillar; But yeah, nobody likes wasps!

[@EggwonMusk]

Honey Bee: _makes honey_ Wasp: _Staps people and has zero benefits_

[@Pachvco_]

@@EggwonMusk I mean they make honey but worse.

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

@@EggwonMusk they kill other pests. Now let's talk mosquitos

[@waffelo4681]

@@MelodicTurtleMetal mosquitos controls human populations.....lol

[@AtesliTeyyare]

I never thought one day I was going to watch a survival battle between a parasitic wasp and an aggressive caterpillar, narrated with a Scottish accent, for 8 minutes.

[@jonfoster5685]

Yeah, I just had one of those "What the hell did I just watch?" moments myself.

[@Millenimorphose]

This is not something that surprises me about myself.

[@alexselvanathan]

I just realized umi watched it for 8 mins

[@TheTranceCartel]

His accent sounds Portuguese to me

[@L3GHO5T]

It’s not one of those things you plan for m, it just happens 😂

[@lonesquid]

The more we learn about the mind-boggling complexity of life, the harder it is to believe that it arose randomly.

[@bob-sb2zu]

Happens frequently where I live ,the caterpillars climb the house walls to pupate but are found dead surrounded by yellow cocoons, not seen any protective behavior from the towards the cocoons though .With local Small Tortoiseshell butterflies the caterpillars pupate but only tiny wasps emerge from the pupae leaving tiny holes .The numbers of these butterflies locally has plummeted drastically in recent years.

[@sds3558]

I was so sad when the caterpillar died, wtf. It was like my favourite character of a show dying.

[@Lucas-Nunes]

Right? Such character development, for such death.

[@sincereeastman6972]

@@Lucas-Nunes man we could of had another season but the writers didn’t have enough money to keep the show going

[@stanclark8824]

it was cute too!

[@jasenworrell6214]

If only it would've snacked on the extra leaves and made it's own cocoon towards the end they could've flown away together

[@kevinvassago]

Some game of thrones shit that happens in our backyards

[@secret6338]

When they say it's just stomach pain but then the camera crew shows up:

[@andrewmaderer1989]

This comment gives me anxiety lol

[@edwinmageto5067]

😂😅

[@jloot9804]

😂😂😂

[@jillianbennett380]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@spencerbutts6372]

When the Avengers pull up*

[@taliahwright]

07:41 and the test results are in……….. YOU ARE NOT the mother!!!

[@brightawe9002]

😂Exactly

[@mclovin4846]

That wasp just made that caterpillar it’s baby daddy💀

[@broodstar1337]

I never met a wasp that I liked or thought deserved continued existence. As of today, there are still no exceptions.

[@antoniolima1068]

better to spray the crops with pesticides that go down the water pathways until all creation is contaminated, you will cherish this wasps after you witness your kids suffering mind and physical disturbances from the poisons we release, just think.

[@MariaIsabellaZNN]

There's a parasitic wasp that preys only on ticks, how about that one? Other than that.. yeah I'm good.

[@chitinskin9860]

@@antoniolima1068 A little dramatic but I get your point. What wasps do may be horrific, but it keeps ecosystems stable and is an excellent alternative to pesticide use. They definitely deserve continued existence, when they aren't doing parasitic horror show stuff, they are doing many other ecological services like pollination. Having them gone would not only result in their prey species overpopulating, but would also result in the deaths of numerous flowers (bees and butterflies don't pollinate everything) among other things, mostly related to plant health. A shame people only judge them by their covers, considering that when it comes to wasps, that's often the least charismatic part of them.

[@antoniolima1068]

@@chitinskin9860 theatrics are fun and sooth my artistic nature, natural kingdom is a infinite source of inspiration, i would advise japanese horror manga artists to look into this wasps. If you care about allegorical reasoning, pounder the parallel between narcissists/fly vs empaths/ bees, how can a bee tell a fly that polen is better than s###, we have deep social problems from this precise conundrum, both are a species necessity.

[@TheMastertbc]

Wasps prey on all kinds of herbivores that would ruin plants like aphids and weevils

[@carlosmunguia3843]

Reality is often more disturbing than fiction.

[@Ali-fb5km]

Fiction is a twist on reality

[@beefboylatestestorona3963]

@@Ali-fb5km reality is more twisted n complicated though.

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

Just like parents in law..

[@nambelas]

Multiple chest busters on the same body...?

[@sw-hg8eq]

In the fiction, it was the humans and I didn't care but here we have innocent baby animals.

[@sciencefellows777]

Excellent video! Good capture of the natures workings.

[@TeamCandiru]

Many thanks!

[@Archermit]

the Family guy meme "damn nature, you scary" comes to mind!

[@llenny7974]

Larvae: We will eat your non essential tissue and won't spill any blood bursting out and in return you take care of us till you die, okay? Caterpillar: This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever

[@warfar53]

its called parenting

[@Guerilla423]

Biden : Bet.

[@Jsrowson]

@@Guerilla423 hotel : trivago

[@99999drake]

@@warfar53 The worst, is true XD

[@thisisaname5589]

Still a better deal than the TPP Obama tried.

[@matthewcrome5835]

My life may be shitty but goddammit I'm glad I'm not one of these caterpillars

[@azharimran1969]

Hey I saw you in reddit!

[@slothflutes222]

you'll next life maybe..

[@operationada]

WORD!

[@Bynk333]

We are all only catepillars fou ours politicians..... :-)

[@nanochic]

@@slothflutes222 think about how many insects there are in the world… the odds of becoming one in our next life is way too high😭

[@SwiFTDBL]

the fact they got uplose footage of all the processes and different steps of this is INSANE! especially the larvae eating and coming out of the caterpillar, actually insane footage, and the 9M views that this vid got seems to agree! keep these videos going and this channel will be at million subs no time!

[@HorrorFangirl34]

This is incredible footage! WOW! This looks creepy and super painful! Man, nature can be so brutal if she wants to be!

[@mojo7495]

"Nature"? In other words, you believe blind chance evolution is responsible for the millions of miracles we see everyday? You are deluded. Try reading Genesis 1:1.

[@TheAsharedhett]

What I'm most intrigued by is the "mind control" aspect of this. If she simply laid they eggs and they parasitically grew from within the caterpillar, that wouldn't be any kind of shock, but this fundamental change of behavior to become sacrificially altruistic towards the offspring of its former prey is fascinating and disturbing.

[@TIKIWOLF]

Maybe That's why the Davos Elitists want us to eat these insects. 🐛 To further the hive-mind. 🐝 🐝 🐝

[@R0DSTER]

this is just me guessing without further research but i'm not sure that it's necessarily mind control...it looked like the parasites covered themselves with the caterpillar's own silk, possibly to deceive and be accepted by the caterpillar as its own. in return this could cause some instinctive trigger in the caterpillar's dna of taking care of them, even if these caterpillars don't have their own young at that stage cycle

[@Master__Chief117]

He explains that it isnt common

[@sneakycheeky531]

@@Master__Chief117 makes no difference to this comment

[@Master__Chief117]

@@sneakycheeky531 if it isn't common, then that means there's no mind control and this caterpillar is just bored or somethin. You seem to be the only one saying irrelevant shit

[@halowaffles]

As terrifying as this process is, I'm still of the opinion that the only naturally-derived creature that deserves to be truly, utterly extinct is the mosquito

[@ihsahnakerfeldt9280]

And the fly

[@SteadFast411]

@@ihsahnakerfeldt9280 Flies at least acts as a visual/auditory sign that something nearby is dirty/rotten, and act to somewhat breakdown that rotten substance. Not their primary evolutionary purpose, but at least a purpose we've been able to use as a tell-tale sign to 'clean up' for centuries. And they act as prey for other, more enviornmentally useful insects.

[@tatiana517]

Indeed !

[@Tremere]

100% fact, mosquitos have literally 0 justification to exist in this universe and the fact that humanity hasn't eradicated every single one is criminal

[@CMTechnica]

Mosquitos and Alaskan horse flies

[@syntaxed2]

One moment - I need to close all windows. And put on a bio-hazard suit.

[@dizzytoytles4694]

This takes the meaning take one for the team to a whole new level

[@CHRONOFIEND_]

Caterpillar: “Aw sweet! I won that fight!” *Cameraman keeps filming* Caterpillar: “… didn’t I?”

[@johnP0908]

Caterpillar: “… didn’t I?”

[@YouTubeIsCancer420]

Caterpillar: "Mr. Cameraman, I dont feel so good..."

[@islandbee]

Caterpillar: DON'T MESS WITH MY LITTLE BABIES!!!

[@patrickm.9348]

Thank you

[@Pulang_Diwa]

**Video Pauses** Narrator: "He didn't."

[@adithyalfc]

the patience of the cameraman and the team to film these things..just amazing

[@monsterx3055]

its all set up in a studio.

[@steveRoll595]

@@monsterx3055 ah yes, the wasps are paid actors!

[@notorioustony6033]

@@monsterx3055 proof?

[@DashhunterLP]

@@monsterx3055 citation needed.

[@brootal4234]

Meanwhile, the caterpillar is yelling “For God’s sakes, man!! Put the camera down and help me!!! I’m slowly being murdered!!! They’re emerging from my body!!! Why are you still filming???!!! Aughhhhh!!!!”

[@beatles7238]

OMG how amazing was that and the caterpillar after how many chewed there way out of his guts, I love these videos and great up close shots 👍💙

[@derbyjr]

“It will protect the cocoon from any intruder.” The caterpillar with a bug on its face: *Y E E T*

[@chrislister4326]

Tbh this is one of the funniest comments I’ve read this month haha

[@SubstituteNiggaReaper.]

7:11

[@gavinherwood1073]

I'm dying, I agree with Chris, funniest comment I've read in a long while. Made me choke on my tea 😂

[@pathwalker2867]

That insect got yeeted into next week :D

[@ebola3455]

Why he protec tho

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Incredible footage!

[@TeamCandiru]

Wow! Thanks! Your channel is amazing!

[@mrantmr6782]

Hey ants aus your here too!! I love you! Greetings from finland!

[@thecommenter5278]

Yo, ur here too. How's the ant house going

[@williamnoragami8043]

Ants Australia and Team Candiru: have more than 20k subs but still aren't verified. Me: *confused screaming*

[@lgmx4661]

@@TeamCandiru was

[@Reach_of_the_Astronomican]

After 15 to 20 days the larvae emerge, usually killing the parasitised caterpillar. These newly emerged larvae spin cocoons in a cluster on or nearby the host caterpillar; after 7 to 10 days the imago adult wasps hatch from these cocoons. Males typically emerge before females and disperse from the area.[5] Overall, it takes between 22 and 30 days for an egg to develop to full adulthood. [3] Cotesia glomerata is in turn parasitized by the hyperparasite wasps Lysibia nana and Gelis agilis.[6]

[@jeffreysokal7264]

Excellent! Kudos for a job well done.

[@broccolycowboy3016]

seeing that caterpillar throw down with that wasp made me realize how tanky they really are. as humans, we think they're small, squishy, and helpless. but in the insect world they're basically tubes of muscle!

[@darnit1944]

The insect world contains many powerful beings. The ants for ex can lift items 10-50 times their mass. That's the equivalent of a human (probably 60kg on average) lifting a 3 ton object.

[@foxymetroid]

1. The square-cube law works in both directions. This means that as a species's average size decreases, the more efficient it gets strength-wise. It's why fleas can jump and fall many times its height without injury, but an elephant can't jump without destroying its legs. 2. Their skeletons is literally their outsides. That means there are no bones inside to take up space, which leaves more room for muscles.

[@sheilashineleofany822]

depend on type of wasps... carnivore wasps already had if flying to their nest

[@Sjaapdespaak]

@@darnit1944 60kg on average???

[@darnit1944]

@@Sjaapdespaak Why are you acting so surprised?

[@zay_rat8942]

So, just to be clear, everyone here was rooting for the caterpillar, right

[@kleash]

Nope... caterpillars are pests

[@angela.luntian]

@@arandomotaku1316 do turtles spAwn with their shells xDDD

[@mikoonblitz5966]

@@arandomotaku1316 tier zoo intensifies

[@bl4ckrabb1t]

nah

[@KamiiSola]

Yeah..

[@ilbiri9739]

1:25 well you gotta say that for a caterpillar the little guy is giving beatings like nobody's business

[@toanthai]

Great footage! I have shot a video of the same wasp but its larvae laid an egg inside an aphid. It ate the aphid from the inside and emerged from it days later.

[@123lovelylady]

Catapillar: GUYS HELP- Other caterpillars: nah we got some leaves

[@ishigami4622]

Num

[@andresherrero8366]

*L e a v e s*

[@nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife]

Jeff caterpillar: nah man you'll be fine. Happened to me last week and doing great

[@AscendedKyle]

Caterpillars: Nah we got to eat these leaves

[@Williamob]

The fact 70% have this happen to them is insane, and the fact the caterpillar becomes a care taker is a whole other level of wild

[@Peacemaker-96]

Nature's way of saving the plants from being overeaten!

[@EggwonMusk]

have you heard of the Cuckoo Bird?

[@Emajenus]

It's not insane because this is how ecosystems do population control. Some animals are eaten, some animals are used in other ways. It's a very delicate balance. The less of these caterpillars are there, the less the wasps can breed, and the more caterpillars are there, the more the wasps can breed. If the caterpillars go extinct, the wasps will follow. And if the wasps go extinct somehow, the caterpillar population would go out of control, likely impacting the feeding habits of some other animals in their ecosystem.

[@Peacemaker-96]

@@Emajenus well explained!

[@Antside]

@@Emajenus ik it's to keep everything balanced it's just that i think it's an horrible way of dieing. I'd rather see the wasps just kill and eat and the caterpillars instead of this. But it is what it is

[@Flameheart_]

Thank god for these guys. Just ran into a Hornworm on my tomato plant, and it had the cucoons on it. I'll let nature take its course and let it produce more of these parasitic killers!

[@davidpop373]

Another fascinating fact in this already incredible life cycle: scientists have wondered what the mechanism was that wasps use to continue influencing the caterpillar's behavior even after the larvae leave the host, until they dissected the dead caterpillars. Turns out, 1-2 larvae always stay behind and end up dying with the caterpillar. They now speculate that these larvae purposefully sacrifice themselves and remain behind to continue controlling the caterpillar so that their siblings can live. How metal is that?!

[@StormStar626]

This might be the sickest most disturbing thing ive ever seen an insect do... its bad enough that they burst from the caterpillar but that its possessed to give it life for them afterwards is horrifying

[@placeholder2617]

You have a weak constitution..

[@StormStar626]

@@placeholder2617 My constitution has nothing to do with it, I am not physically repulsed by this, more that I find it mentally disturbing that a creature exists that has the power to enslave another creature in this way

[@industrialfear5055]

without tactics like this happening for millions of years you sir would not be on this planet. we have all come from survival of the fittest.

[@StormStar626]

@@industrialfear5055 That is not survival of the fittest. Many insects lay their eggs in the body of another, in this symbiotic way. Yet for that creature to then willingly give its life protecting the very thing that is causing it pain and feeding upon its body that is not survival of the fittest.

[@elimarc3891]

Interesting take. They enslaved it. Just like evil spirits do to people who wont ise the right means of getting free. JESUS

[@andrewsinclair7159]

Caterpillar is like "I have no idea what these are, but they came out of me so they must be my babies and I love them."

[@MahouShoujo-Studios]

It's brain was chemically hijacked by the wasp.

[@andrewsinclair7159]

@@MahouShoujo-Studios Yeah, that tends to happen in one way or another with wasp venom. The exact composition naturally varies from species to species but it's usually a cocktail of proteins, peptides, and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine that paralyze insect nerves and cause pain in mammal nerves.

[@MahouShoujo-Studios]

@@andrewsinclair7159 I'm looking back at my comment and I'm like "I used the wrong 'its'. My entire statement is now invalid.

[@andrewsinclair7159]

@@MahouShoujo-Studios We are both big dumb nerds.

[@MahouShoujo-Studios]

@@andrewsinclair7159 Yes we are. But nerds are cool nowadays so :)

[@jeffl977]

This footage is incredible

[@tatetvproductions1468]

The wasp took a beating, wasp crawled off like Chappelle did during the rick james skit, my brother had just got these new suade couchs lol

[@botondkovacs6195]

My brain: It's disgusting. My eyes: *Don't stop watching!* 👀

[@jochen_schueller]

My larvae: Don't stop living

[@pikaxechu6370]

I WANT TO STOP BUT I CANT

[@MikeM-uy6qp]

it's sickeningly mesmerizing. it's very well-done.

[@voidmaster6353]

It's like a car crash!! I CAN NOT STOP!!!!

[@xunk16]

And here it is folks, the definite proof that your eyes do hate your brain that much, possibly from being forcefully leashed to it and being prevented from going anywhere out.

[@leolecerf]

the fact that the caterpilar is alive and defends the wasps just blew my mind!

[@midking4281]

But why does it do that

[@amananifer3511]

@@midking4281 to defend the wasp cocoons?

[@benjaminfalzon4622]

That is just one of the miracles of creation.

[@sneakycheeky531]

@@amananifer3511 useful reply

[@amananifer3511]

@@sneakycheeky531 I just realized how stupid my comment was

[@dominiquecharriere1285]

I was stinged once by a spider wasp on a trail in southern HK island (Tsz Lo Lan Shan path above Repulse bay), man it hurt like notice ever before, it's like someone slowly putting a red hot nail into you! My hand was swollen for the next 5 days! If you walk in the area be careful.

[@sparrowchurch4445]

So the caterpillar is not only the incubator it becomes the mom to a while other species which kills it!!! Crazy. Incredible footage!!

[@sandicmxr]

Wow thats disgusting but so interesting.

[@TeamCandiru]

In my opinion, it's the most interesting thing that happens in all of nature.

[@sandicmxr]

@@TeamCandiru it's definitely up there.

[@em-qk4go]

I know, right: Just like reproduction between two humans.

[@martinpohl2383]

@@TeamCandiru eh you haven´t heard of physics i guess

[@janooojo6727]

@@martinpohl2383 space is mindblowing

[@zenerstorm95]

At first I was like "Oh, it's only a few larvae, that's fine I guess". Then I saw just how many there were, and it made me shiver with fear

[@garylloyd9949]

When he said 50, it made me spill my drink...

[@FishyDaGamer]

How do they even fit inside without killing the caterpillar??

[@WahlVids]

Makes me wonder just how much of that caterpillar is still a caterpillar when all those larvae are grown

[@jessiehermit9503]

@@WahlVids None.

[@TallSilentGuy]

@@FishyDaGamer They begin as tiny eggs and, of course, not all of the larvae make it. There would be some fierce sibling rivalry going on in there!

[@sandrareynolds7379]

💕 the narration on this piece. Nice voice.

[@khvostov7g-0x17]

Caterpillar: "What do you believe in wasp?" Wasp: "Creation."

[@SHINeeGenerationPM]

Nobody's talking about how the Caterpillar was just attacked and had to go through the horrific process of having up to 50 larvae feasting on it insides and bursting out of it, -- *to then NURTURE THEM?!* *Reinforcing their cocoons and standing guard till it starves to death?!* _You've got to be kidding me_ EDIT: For everyone still commenting, "what do you mean everyone/the narrator is talking about it" OBVIOUSLY didn't think to read the replies. I address everything to those who came before you commenting the same thing. This comment is about *9 months old* now. Thanks

[@John-dd8kh]

Poor Caterpillar

[@Cityloud]

The wasp has a virus who changes the behaviour of the caterpillar

[@AvrenSong]

It treats them like its own babies...

[@cristianm7097]

Dopamine. People died while playing PC games for days.

[@ic4192]

@@Cityloud a chemical. Not virus