A tarantula hawk wasp was seen attacking a tarantula in Arizona. ➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: bit.ly/NGWInstagram The wasp is parasitic. It is trying to paralyze the tarantula. The wasp will lay a single egg inside the spider's belly once it is paralyzed. When the egg hatches, the wasp larva will eat the spider from the inside out. The larva will avoid vital organs at first to keep the spider alive for as long as possible. This can take several weeks. Read more: news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/tarantula-wasp-spider-sting-zombie-video-spd/ Wasp Vs. Tarantula, Explained By a Nine-Year-Old | Nat Geo Wild youtu.be/W9DytlZYiCw Nat Geo Wild www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

Be the first to comment