Archive for May 20th, 2008

Cruel Nature / Cool Nature

Brian found this on the windshield of his car the other morning.

What is it?
It’s a caterpillar covered in wasp eggs. Apparently, the wasp stings the caterpillar, thereby paralyzing it; then it lays its eggs on top of the poor thing. When the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae will eat the caterpillar.
Brian thought the [...]

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