The female Thread-waist Wasp in a solitary hunter of caterpillars. Several will be stung and paralysed and taken to a burrow she has dug and laid eggs

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The female Thread-waist Wasp in a solitary hunter of caterpillars. Several will be stung and paralysed and taken to a burrow she has dug and laid an egg. The live prey will provide food for the developing grub

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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