This is the gruesome moment a parasitoid wasp chewed its way out of a caterpillar's egg shell while two males waited outside to mate.
The incredibly rare video was taken using a microscope by insect enthusiast Eva Wiedeman in Sullivan, Missouri.
She said: "While the female parasite was making its way out, I saw a larva moving in the egg nearby. It was too cool."
Parasitoid wasps lay eggs on bodies of other insects which causes the host's death sooner or later.
The incredibly rare video was taken using a microscope by insect enthusiast Eva Wiedeman in Sullivan, Missouri.
She said: "While the female parasite was making its way out, I saw a larva moving in the egg nearby. It was too cool."
Parasitoid wasps lay eggs on bodies of other insects which causes the host's death sooner or later.
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