ambitious_bones@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoIs 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 · 2 years agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoLuckily they are tiny tiny wasps, like specks of dust. Anything bigger and I would have run!
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoOh, cool! When you said parasitic wasp my brain immediately pictured a tarantula hawk wasp.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoThe 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-up2·2 years agoAnything 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.