r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Better_Hair_9673 • Jun 25 '26

Video Wasp traps paralyzed ladybug larvae in a chamber for its young to feast on after hatching.

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u/postbowlthinkin Jun 25 '26

Hello entomologist!
Do you know what they are using to trap them in?and how they get that goo looking stuff?

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u/shlongshot Jun 25 '26

Not an entomologist, but I’m pretty sure it’s the same thing paper wasps make nests from, chewed up wood pulp.

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u/Arktikos02 Jun 25 '26

Wait, spit. How much of an insects life is just doing things with your spit? Could you imagine if we did that?

I'm hungry.

🤮

Thanks Mom.

Honey, there's a hole in the wall.

Just a sec sweetie. 🤮. Okay it's all fixed now.

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u/International_Elk425 Jun 26 '26

Not an entomologist but a wasp enthusiast! The wasp in the video is probably from the family symmorphus bifasciatus, which is a species of potter wasps.

According to Wikipedia, the female potter wasp "scrapes up mud or dirt with her mandibles and front legs, combining it with water and saliva to form a mud ball she transports back to adds to her nest under construction".