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A group of scientists discovered a total of seven new species of wasps in the Amazon, including one that seems quite frightening. His name is Clistopyga crassicaudata and he has a sting so big and so thick that you will not want to have him near you anymore.
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The parasitoid wasp species was discovered by scientists University of Turku, Finland, who worked with Spanish, Colombian and Venezuelan researchers. Professor Ilari Saaksjarvi, of Turku University, says that although he has been studying wasps for a long time, he has never seen anything like this:
"His sting looks more like a fierce weapon. "
And he does not lack reason. This long red thing in the image is the spur of the Clistopyga crassicaudata that not only uses to push and inject poison, but also to inject its own eggs into its victims. The researchers determined that the wasp usually bit the spiders and paralyzed them using their venom, then injected their eggs which, after hatching, will eat the spider from the inside. [Zootaxa / Universidad de Turku vía Europa Press / CNET]
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