Wasp Deposits Parasitic Larvae Deep Inside Tree Trunk

This giant wasp's method of laying eggs will blow your mind!
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The giant ichneumon wasp, megarhyssa rixator, has an unusual method for laying eggs. Using her overly-long ovipositor to drill deep into a tree trunk, she deposits a single egg on to the surface of an immobilized wood wasp larva. Her egg turns into a larva, that will eat the paralyzed host...bit by bit.
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[@naturepbs]

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[@candifeperchment7598]

Can the wasp also lays it's egg in human

[@UmUs]

@@candifeperchment7598 It probably can but it won't be effective

[@benm1414]

"Injects her venom... This won't kill the larva but paralyzes it. Forever." Oh well that's so much better

[@otavioluis5774]

Now she can enjoy the moment...

[@reevus2558]

Gotta eat fresh right ?

[@kalinatankova3578]

Haha funny aside, it is actually pretty genius! This way the larvae won't decompose and her spawn will have fresh meat when it hatches :D

[@davidbass6780]

At least it won't feel a thing. Even while it's slowly eaten alive.

[@davidbass6780]

@KZbinisruined Byblacksgaysandwomen nope. It's biological paralysis not physical inability in the nerves, not due to a dependent structure failure. That means the nerves themselves were paralysed. Not the joints or connective tissues being damaged or destroyed. Which is different to numbing as when numb you can still use the body part, but paralysis of the nerves essentially turns them off. Like when people get nerve damage they lose feeling in those areas gradually. They're also paralyzed in those areas, but don't feel pain in those areas anymore.

[@shamanbrush4024]

Bees: Pollinate, only sting if provoked, help the environment. Wasps: Cunts with wings.

[@faye1807]

Irish Wristwatch Lol 10/10

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

JuicyWatermelone Wasps can also regrow a new set of Stingers tho.

[@omri9325]

There are killer bees, which are even worse than Wasps

[@LoopyLongplays]

Love it😁

[@Adam-wy7mj]

Hornets are usefull they eat flys

[@cj6498]

"Yo bro, be careful" "Bruh, I'm literally in the wood of a hard ass tree, how tf is a predator gonna kill me?"

[@greatspacegoat147]

But it doesn't kill tho. It just lays is egg in the shell so the kids have a live meal which is a much more humane obviously.

[@thebluefrog6496]

@@greatspacegoat147 oBvIoUsLY

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

@@greatspacegoat147 this comment really cracked me up XD

[@polarablues64]

When u realize it's a parasitic larvae feeding on a parasitic larvae

[@gamertwo6263]

Paraception

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

I used the parasite to destroy the parasite

[@aandykf]

There's actually a word for it: "Hyperparasitism"

[@FoShayRuns]

😂​@@EternalEmperorofZakuul

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

@@FoShayRuns I am inevitable!

[@Cool20xis]

Notice how Wasps are also doing this to other Wasp species. They are assholes to prevent other assholes from being assholes by effectively outassholing them.

[@tajhill989]

Cool20xis well played

[@ZappiestProGaming]

I love this guy xD he got it right

[@santanamargiela]

Nice

[@KatanaBladeKris]

Literally perfect explanation 😂

[@Espeon804]

Cool20xis Best comment.

[@_pudu661]

Me thinking I'll be safe from wasp bites through a sweater "she can bore directly though the bark"..... !?!!

[@user-hk8yp7cw1v]

yeah a bite is not a sting

[@Zed9659]

So she paralyses our limb

[@GraemeGunn]

For starters, the don't bite you, and they don't sting things the same way they bore through bark.

[@GraemeGunn]

@@Zed9659 No, that doesn't happen.

[@user-hk8yp7cw1v]

@@GraemeGunn how do you describe with one word the tool it uses for boring?

[@rexroyulada6267]

The larvae in the tree: "I'm very safe here inside this tree" This wasp: "That's where you're wrong boy"

[@allaboutsboyzz4737]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ2qmpKNj5Zqi5I ,

[@justsomepersonwhoreportbot]

Wasp: Your a$$ is mine boi

[@taylorm2333]

"gotta see it through my boi"

[@lynth]

"I'm gonna ruin this larva's whole career."

[@yusufkurdi3582]

😂🤣 this world is weird

[@tylermcconnell2222]

I miss 3 minutes ago when I didn’t know this existed.

[@SpaceApe06]

Me too

[@NorseThunderFox]

Me: Watches video Video: Take 1,000 psychotic damage Me: Neat

[@VCanisMajorisY]

Whatever you do DON'T youtube search, green wasp and cockroach

[@Nola50]

😁

[@mo4721]

Study biology and you will discover another world

[@thornghoul1486]

When regular stingers wont do it anymore and you have to upgrade to a drill

[@thebluefrog6496]

" Upgrades people upgrades!"

[@philiptucker7590]

Was comes equipped with a literal Dewalt sheesh

[@NinjaPhooka]

I saw one of these at a campground when I was in the Cub Scouts. Seeing that stinger actually melted my brain.

[@NinjaPhooka]

​​​​@@philiptucker7590 I saw one when I was young, and I was just now thinking about it and wondered if I maybe imagined the stinger being quite so big or something, seeing as how kid's minds can exaggerate things. I look it up and nope, that stinger is next level, just as I remembered seeing it. 😮😬 Also, as a comment mentioning it reminded me, they are very loud when flying. I distinctly remember hearing it fly and exclaiming how loud it was, it sounded like a military chopper or something. 😅

[@imxluke]

It’s not actually a stinger, i believe it’s an ovipositor.

[@j.jehml.1446]

"im coyote peterson and im about to have an egg deposited inside of me"

[@prateeksamuel8603]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dialect64]

As a child I got caught in the middle of an all out aerial battle between an ichneumon wasp (unsure of species) and a bunch of scorpion wasps (the shiny blue kind) living in a stump it was attempting to approach. I froze, out of my severe fear of wasps, yet was mesmerized as I became a landing/takeoff zone for them, like an aircraft carrier. Made me get interested in studying all the arthropods in my region. One of my favorite memories, despite my absolute dread at the time lol!

[@PrinceTae]

*Many more reasons for me to stay in the house*

[@Aurora_Borealis_UK]

Ikr

[@PlayMoGame]

Ignorance. This wasp wants nothing to do with humans, they just explained what it lays its eggs on

[@PrinceTae]

@@PlayMoGame the wasp tell you that?

[@PlayMoGame]

Lol no it didn't. Look up the genus Megarhyssa if you want to learn more about these wasps. The entire family parasitize various creatures, none of which are humans

[@needisnecessito8663]

@@PrinceTae lol, my guy just got r/woosh

[@abc-se6xd]

Why is no one asking how the WASP knows where exactly the larvae is inside the tree? With precise precision?? Mind-boggling!!!!

[@outofthebox9699]

Indeed Allah(God) is the best of creators.

[@blakemiddlebee481]

100% agree

[@blazingguyop]

@@outofthebox9699 😆

[@ellemontgomery1480]

@@outofthebox9699 Absolutely!

[@connorlyon2354]

So the wood wasp (the host for the one showed in the video) actually lays it’s egg in a very similar manner so likely this wasp is looking for those little bore holes that the wood wasp leaves behind

[@ChazSmith]

Why, Lord?

[@unknwnerror1616]

Who knows man..

[@kyuubiyuubi]

Good, I wasn't the only one who was recommended this stuff in 2021. Thought this year was supposed to be better 😩

[@AntithesisDCLXVI]

The same reason some bird species developed super long beaks to get at the nectar of a very deep flower. When there's food (energy) available somewhere, life usually adapts to make use of it somehow.

[@YY096]

Because when the devil create tarantula hawk, god wants to one up him

[@MrWhiteav6]

Evolution... there is a never ending arms race against all species...

[@dancingirish]

Found this video after my two boys discovered one of these in our backyard. We watched, mesmerized, while it laid it's eggs. What a wonderful creation!

[@RayMak]

Mothers are amazing

[@Daily_islamic_reminder1]

Really

[@Daily_islamic_reminder1]

Hod do you have time to make your content

[@lovac_hunt]

You again

[@dio6318]

Hello good sir!

[@minnkhaung5062]

Thanks mr.obvious

[@drewblr8691]

Im coyote peterson and im about to enter the sting stone.

[@monkeyl-]

Drewblr it's the sting zone

[@drewblr8691]

Ryan Wolver lol

[@monkeyl-]

Drewblr am I right?

[@Sevan_UP]

He'd let the thing inject babies into him then say, ah its OK I'll just cut off my arm

[@JukesMcGee]

Sting stone? How do you fuck that up?

[@marcocaru]

PBS is stepping their game up thanks to viewers like you.

[@JimsyFlimsy]

Thank you.

[@hakaishin2240]

Wasp: Oh my God, is this your first time? Coz you are tight!!!

[@shysensei2348]

Wtf 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kumonosuu]

yikessss

[@cristianolaboureur5999]

Lmao always nice to see DBZ Abridged references

[@CassiusColeman]

I'd rather have murderous dinosaurs trying to eat me over this.

[@Nictator42]

In reality, scientists aren't actually sure how Ichneumon Wasps like Megarhyssa find their hosts deep under tree bark

[@lmeza1983]

Nictator in reality we don't know about too many things, scientists sometimes have nothing but theories that just work.

[@incomments2864]

Luis Fernando Yet people dare to take those theories as “facts”.

[@JuanLopez-kk9wi]

Luis Fernando What

[@JuanLopez-kk9wi]

Jess In Comments WHAT

[@khanch.6807]

Luis Fernando U realize that by definition "theories" are tried and tested again and again and should pass everytime....What u are mentioning are defined as "hypothesis".

[@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII]

Is that your ovipositor or are you just happy to see me?

[@ecksdee4087]

no stahp lol

[@elimarc3891]

Lol

[@mariaeduardadeaquinosantos4647]

Perhaps

[@rmunthe9tahunyanglalu794]

Larvae : Don't kill me pls Wasp : Say no more

[@swiftinlatin3878]

This is the kind of stuff that fuels my nightmares

[@camgood2437]

Why do so many wasps use this parasitic tactic to feed their larvae? Some paralyze caterpillars, some attack tarantulas, and apparently some even attack the larvae of other wasps lol.. It's pretty disturbing, at least from a human perspective, anyway..

[@LAAS1959]

"it was previously drilled by another species of wasp which could drill through wood.. The first wasp finds a beetle grub deep inside the wood and lays her egg inside of it. . The second wasp lays her egg on the beetle grub and eats the egg of the first wasp plus the beetle."

[@LAAS1959]

Yes. sometimes there are 4 or 5 tiers of parasitism (Hyper parasitism)

[@Azlorn]

@@LAAS1959 such as?

[@lexol3347]

So don't let a wasp near you... if you don't want to be "pregnant", that is.

[@user-wz5rj3cz4d]

Where's coyote on this shit

[@TheSamuraiEddie]

Lazer the Banana I feel like he’d just die from this

[@oniwrld1425]

Facts

[@SirKolass]

Thr venom would be just like any other wasp, no reason for this...

[@crystal4478]

@@SirKolass "venom will not kill the larvae, but paralayzes it forever"

[@SirKolass]

@@crystal4478 Yeah, very smart of you to think a venom made for little larvae will paralyze a full grown man...

[@bigstevie01]

"With hi-tech precision" I don't think these people actually know what 'hi-tech' means.

[@MegaMetroid75]

Imagine not even being safe inside a tree.

[@maulid3514]

How didi it know exactly where the larva would be?

[@darksidelead]

Nanite Vork id bill o Reilly Was here he would tell u you can explain that

[@OmegaMegalodon]

the wasps tap the tree and listen to the vibrations i guess?

[@nguyenpham3593]

MAAAAGIK

[@Vape_Master69]

i think the show made an error saying the wasp bores through the wood, i presume its using a precarved hole left by the original larvae

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

i think the hole was already done as well.

[@purple_amethyst]

Well she's injecting it into a wood wasp which would probably eat the tree. So she and the tree have a symbiotic relationship. She's more or less helping the tree get rid of things that would hurt it.

[@prepperoni6210]

how is the larvae escaping from the tree? thought the door?

[@xWalzy]

@@prepperoni6210 Do you think that after 3 years he cares lmao

[@ale347baker]

You get notifications regardless of how long its been. This video is about a wasp. No one really cares. If I want to leave my own comment on a 7 year old comment, I can, and have received replies. Who cares?

[@prepperoni6210]

@@xWalzy Obviously at least you do so what is your point?

[@xWalzy]

@@prepperoni6210 I dont see any sense for bumping an old comment thread for a sarcastic reply. But it made you butthurt so i've done my bit :*

[@nickolaid1103]

I observed this in person once and I had no idea what the wasp was doing. Freaked me out man. I'm so glad I found this video! Neat stuff

[@Kewkky]

Thumbnail: "Wow, this looks really beautiful and surreal, I wonder what it is about?" *clicks on video* Video: Watches as an unborn organism is paralyzed for life by a living syringe and is left to a fate worse than death as the food for its hunter's young. Well... Okay then.

[@edgarCHAOS]

Damn, nature...you scary!

[@cirque2452]

You know what's more scary? Humans........

[@faye1807]

Grim Reaper true

[@D.AndersonC02024]

DAMN Edgar, you suck

[@yesindeed5998]

Fuck off, such an overused joke that isn’t even remotely funny

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

Can I *NOT* see this dumb comment in every video?

[@ShizukuMizuchi1]

Essentially a tree rapist wasp. Lovely.

[@Tatusiek_1]

Shizuku Mizuchi it’s helping the tree get rid of parasites, although it does damage to the tree in the process

[@shrimpfrymenreikiarchivelo6682]

Does that count as Necrophilia?

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@KokoroKatsura]

@noponwisdom t haha

[@gobzanuff5078]

Every wasp basically a rapist... They like to coom inside...

[@DDoC36]

I fear needle and small insects... Nature:

[@Kingkongathon]

Why is this the first time learning about this creature???

[@chitinskin9860]

Because most schools suck at teaching anything about invertebrates.

[@spreadlove8624]

Wasps always lay larvae in another insect... So mean 😑😑😂😂✋🏻✋🏻

[@snattler]

The horntail or wood wasp larva as they call it in the video is destroying the tree. Ichneumon wasps are considered very beneficial.

[@ecksdee4087]

I mean humans do it too 😂😂😂😂

[@RayoBeatz]

Piccolo: Someones... energy is dropping fast! CELL!!!

[@lokismischief2512]

Such a splendidly beautiful creature.

[@jerrywhidby.]

My wife and I saw one of these while on a trail in Georgia. I was very intrigued by the hair like appendage. Which was very long. I had never seen one of these before or since. I'm so glad that I can finally identify what it was that we saw that day.

[@BewilderedCitrus]

*SATAN HAS ENTERED THE MORTAL REALM!! PANIC!! **_REEEEEEEEEEEEEE_*

[@wandrinsheep]

Christina Veolina this is indeed the correct response after what we just saw

[@stupidboy1746]

god didn't make earth for us to enjoy he made it for us to return to him

[@icyth]

Nothing cures my depression like parasitic wasp videos.

[@Topickiller111]

Nature is just so awesome! Literally jaw dropping

[@bobcharlie2337]

It's really incredible how, she can do that.

[@zanegarcia327]

That was fucking awesome lol

[@captainsea1688]

Imagine you're the larva wasp inside the bark and you thought that you are 100% safe, then suddenly you felt something penetrating your body. And you're like "guess my time has come🙄"

[@meegssan5716]

It's amazing how in the whole wide world a wasp can find a specific host

[@PEACE-es4zf]

yay the trees have a solution to their infestation problem! (starts chainsaw)

[@crizyon2244]

ok but how tf does the larvae get out of the tree

[@azoocola1064]

It's a wasp, they do some scurry shit

[@phil955i]

Good question

[@schopenhauer5427]

If its mother bore in, he can crawl his way out

[@ArtieStrongManMusic]

tiny wasp chainsaws

[@RAAAAAAAAHHHHH1111]

They don’t it’s just funny for the wasp mom

[@GreenPlayerManghiam]

Now I'm getting recommended by literally thousand of videos related to wasps, thanks to KZbin

[@hisvorpalsword]

Larva waking up: yaawwnn, what a weird dream. What? GET OFF ME! NOOOOO!!!

[@picklerick3444]

fascinating

[@Name-jn1su]

Nature is honestly amazing.

[@AcousticBruce]

This thing evolved into this! What had to happen in nature for this to even be a real evolved species? I am blown away.

[@crappymeal]

Was thinking the same, maybe the two species had a simpler relationship in the past, but the gurb slowly started evolving to live deeper into the tree and the wasp evolved to inject it as it went deeper

[@sierrayocom3108]

Evolution is astonishing. Imagine, both creatures had to evolve in such a way for either of them to exist like this. Evolution is truly the greatest earthly wonder.

[@Raphael3032]

it can....s-st-s-sting?

[@linkLoverAG]

Nope. They don't use that ovipositor to sting.

[@flakeybitsus5830]

Why do all wasp egg-laying practices have to be so horrific, can’t there be wasps that lay eggs on trees and be done with it?

[@mosshivenetwork117]

I don't think colony wasps are parasitic

[@mmlindsey8635]

TRUE SOME R!

[@nikhilsukumar23]

The larvae need meat they can't eat leaves like caterpillars.

[@Lyxzzzzzzzzzzzzz1]

Some are helpful

[@Lyxzzzzzzzzzzzzz1]

Like it gets rid of pest like Catapillar and some things that you don’t like

[@HaightTheGreat]

I just woke up but I'm pretty sure this will be the most interesting thing I will see all day.

[@DityaSangGita]

I am amazed. Their life cycle is so elaborate

[@SquareDates]

This is why accelerated tree growth is such a big problem for the health of a forest. Because it yields lower quality trees with spongy wood making it susceptible to parasitic infestations

[@nisfornoble4861]

What the actual f**k did I just watched? Nature you scurry...

[@hilarywright9376]

HOW. . . Did we gain this knowledge??? INCREDIBLE!!!

[@kiwisboomerang5805]

There are a whole bunch of these wasps that drill into a dead tree trunk in my yard. They are huge but fascinating to watch. I've also seen the wood wasp around the same tree.

[@5H4D0WFURY]

this really makin no nut november 10x times harder

[@5H4D0WFURY]

@Nathaniel12345678910 no worries i barely failed no nut november

[@KwongBaby]

Just like how China done to Hong Kong

[@ccshumshum8104]

yes, china is the reason why hong kong was able to recover after sars and then the ungrateful, short-sighted college students call china a parasite and a leech.

[@okistash3075]

F

[@taktsang5563]

@Parth Pant from a Indian that lives in slums , you so convincing

[@arsenicdoesthatmatter9244]

@@ccshumshum8104 wtf😂 it's a year old comment chill out mate😅 don't you have anything better to do than defending a whole-ass country on internet?🤷 Cos leme tell ya somethin, getin defended by a random stranger on yt is the least thing the "CHINESE COMMUNIST!*cough* *cough* (maybe dictating) Party would be needing ao stop defending someone who can sure damn defend themselves

[@snatesss6390]

So this is where beedrill went🤣

[@CrypticRite]

One of these landed on my phone in my hand a few minutes ago and ultimately lead me down a mini rabbit hole that lead me here.

[@rapower9622]

hardcore stuff

[@joshherrera4814]

I still don’t understand how it goes through wood?!

[@LAAS1959]

it was previously drilled by another species of wasp which could drill through wood.. The first wasp finds a beetle grub deep inside the wood and lays her egg inside of it. . The second wasp lays her egg on the beetle grub and eats the egg of the first wasp plus the beetle.

[@faridwicaksono6387]

@@LAAS1959 what type of wasp that can drill through tree

[@bluedrums4480]

the evolution is amazing !!!

[@Pandajo]

Well I didn't need to sleep tonight... thanks KZbin algorithm 😒👍

[@JCFan-mt4sh]

I have to stop watching this type of hentai

[@KokoroKatsura]

HUGE ANIME BREASTS

[@thebluefrog6496]

This is my favourite type of hentai

[@phillipayoung10]

Taken right out of a horror/sci fi flick!! Amazing!!

[@SomeoneCommenting]

Nice! I remember seeing two of these wasps coming to a dead tree in the backyard one day and I was wondering what they were doing walking around all the surface.

[@eeunoo]

Throw the whole planet away

[@tigransafaryan6619]

This is some horror sh*t.

[@LAAS1959]

The crypt keeper wasp is even more horrific.

[@LAAS1959]

"Insidious wasp gets ahead by tunneling through host's head "

[@brucethemoosegtx8387]

Wow amazing I never see a wasp do that before

[@lovert7492]

Wood larva: ' i am in an armored shield' Wasp: ' boy you don't mean it, that's just perfect '

[@ecksdee4087]

looking at girlfriend: eh looking at this video: *pp up*

[@hewhosays7979]

Insects are so gross.

[@DustInTheWind54]

the Oniric People are grosser & scarier than any other creature on the planet.

[@tylercochrane9404]

DustInTheWind54 not really, ever heard of mosquitos?

[@snake698]

Mosquitoes should go extint. Sorry, I love nature... But... Sons of bitches and flying disease-spreaders...

[@soolly357]

Like a surgeon with precise cutting

[@MachetesAreFun]

I've only seen this type of wasp a few times in my life. Finding out that they can't sting did not make me less afraid of them lol

[@justinharrold6704]

Dang that's crazy. I mean, how specific this insects evolution was...and how perfect it is at doing what it was designed to do. You can't tell me that God isn't real. Evolution doesn't disprove the Bible.

[@johndavolta3124]

Amen...shit like this does not happen by fucking "chance"....

[@michaelayeni177]

Exactly I'm surprised that people believe that randomness created a form a of life.

[@PrimaDel]

@@michaelayeni177 I bet you are bad at math

[@Jawnjay]

“Haha noooo... don’t shoot it inside me”

[@barrettbarker8343]

Ichneuman wasp! I saw one of these things once but only for a minute before it got away. What a creature!

[@illumanatisecrets9525]

Bees: you're ok as long as you don't annoy me Wasps: F**K THIS BEE F**K THIS GRASS F**K YOU F**K EVERYTHING

[@crystalglass7106]

Nature checks and balances.

[@howsmyhairgoodenoughforthe8978]

Man sat there like he was a little Twig on the branch lol . You can’t see me lol

[@salahmahdi5982]

This is out of this world

[@lesschattermoresplatter5769]

I found one of these drilled into a tree in Cincinnati back in the late 70’s. Never saw one before or since.

[@danm2084]

Instinct is crazy. It just knows to do all that. Nothing taught it... it just knows. Thats such a fascinating concept to me.

[@faridwicaksono6387]

Talent is real?

[@danm2084]

@@faridwicaksono6387 Talent? You're asking me if talent is real? Ummm ... yeaaahhh talent is a thing.

[@faridwicaksono6387]

Ok, I thought instinct and talent are almost same just a bit different.

[@ninototo1]

Wow this is beautiful

[@bababaliwala2]

Just wonderful

[@alexandersteiner6070]

Parasitoid wasps and their ovipositors are sooo cool!! My professor is doing research on them!

[@floridasam4587]

Nightmare fuel! Thnx!! Lol

[@RumCaptain]

So nature just one day goes, "bruh, I got this crazy idea for a bug, drill parasite thing"

[@robertlee-nq6mg]

Video quality is the best

[@shaneintegra]

Nature is crazy!

[@richardkim2711]

Anytime I watch bug videos it always leads me to saying: Thanks, I hate it