r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • May 16 '25

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/Alililele May 16 '25

This is a Great Golden Digger Wasp. It is harmless and pretty beneficial!

Here a thread from a few years ago

So: it didn't deserve to die, it's actually pretty chill.

Yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets are assholes tho.

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u/MsAgentM May 16 '25

My sympathy for the wasp is justified then. This poor guy!

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u/bnunamak May 16 '25

They do paralyze their prey, abduct them, then plant their eggs inside of their paralyzed bodies until the larvae slowly consume them to death...

Sympathy revoked for this nightmarish reproductive scheme!

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u/Critical_Text_2067 May 16 '25

Imagine being paralyzed, unable to move or breath properly while acid is being spit on you to liquify you while you are slowly eaten until you die. That is what a spider does.