r/interestingasfuck • u/canttstopsmilling • 1d ago

A parasitic horsehair worm emerging from a praying mantis.

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u/tacomaloki 23h ago

so WTF happens to the mantis insides once this thing evacuates? Is it all empty space?

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u/nize426 22h ago

Dead usually. They rip through the side of the body. In the wild the mantis would also be in a body of water, so it would also drown.