Oh, nature. Imagine if we procreated like this. Hm?
The female Tarantula Hawk stings and paralyzes the spider, then either drags her prey back into her own burrow or transports it to a specially prepared nest, where a single egg is laid on the spider’s abdomen, and the entrance is covered. When the wasp larva hatches, it creates a small hole in the spider's abdomen, then enters and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive. After several weeks, the larva pupates. Finally, the wasp becomes an adult, and emerges from the spider's abdomen to continue the life cycle.
Tarantula Hawks are also nectarivorous. The consumption of fermented fruit sometimes intoxicates them to the point that flight becomes difficult.
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