Congratulations, it's a boy!

Ampulex compressa emerges from its cockroach host. Courtesy of Fred Liebersat, Ben Gurion University. For more information, see my blog: http://scienceblogs.com/loom/2006/02/02/the_wisdom_of_parasites.php

Or read my book Parasite Rex: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/074320...

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[thedeadbaby]

hrm. what if this bug was human sized and preyed on humans and crawled out of your penis after eating your prostate.

[Metaholic11]

when adult wasp lay eggs i think they kill an insect then lay the eggs in the insects body so when the eggs hatch the larvae have food to eat

[ironmana112]

@Metaholic11 oooohhh so close this is a jewel wasp it dosent kill its pray it kinda zombiefy it it lays egss inside of it and thenthe eggs hatch but not in to the wasp in hatches into larva the larva burrows into the roach which is still alive then after it borrows inside in a couple of weeks the roach is hollowed out and then it dies and then it crawls out like so *this is a tottaly sc2 zerg moment*

[friezler]

עברית!!!

[LevYashin92]

@HeroicEpsilion Thanks mate : )

[HeroicEpsilion]

@LevYashin92 Rofl. I was gonna say "That's a long trip" But then saw your comment. Well-played, sir. xD

[LevYashin92]

@thedeadbaby Out of my penis? Well that's a long walk...

[yussefoh]

@GGGunitNextLevel xD little kids these days..

[AkaHoshiRezo]

Ain't it a beauty?

[GGGunitNextLevel]

fake.

[lychicambess]

ewww!..... cool! :D

[Pintassilgo12]

@Metaholic11

Actually, they first anesthesize the roach, then poisons it so it cant move or fly. Then it gets its antennae ripped off and the holes are sucked off blood.

(It still did not die)

Then, they lay their eggs in a cut they make.