ambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前Is this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1imageIs this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?lemmy.worldambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square57fedilinkfile-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-up2·1 年前Oh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
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.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 年前The parasitic ones (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK. Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.
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.
Anything fruitfly and above would have meant I’ll just move, but yours sounds so much more horrifying. Oh god.
The parasitic ones (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK.
Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.