ambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前Is this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1imageIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 年前Luckily they are tiny tiny wasps, like specks of dust. Anything bigger and I would have run!
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前Oh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 年前The parasitic (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) ones are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK. Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Anything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.
Luckily they are tiny tiny wasps, like specks of dust. Anything bigger and I would have run!
Oh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
The parasitic (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) ones are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK.
Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.
Anything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.