Tug of war - (head at risk!)

swimcraze · 22nd September 2004

Photos taken at a cracked wall in Arab street.

enjoy!

Witness · 22nd September 2004

cockroach vs ??fly??

haha....interesting shot...

damithc · 22nd September 2004

these 'flies' ( i don't know the species name) paralyze roaches by injecting some venom, drag them to their dens (captured in these photos) and lay eggs on the imobilized roach. when the eggs are hatched, juniors will feed on the roach (still alive).
cruel, but interesting eh?

sorry if i bored you with my trivia...

flaemer · 22nd September 2004

Originally Posted by damithc

these 'flies' ( i don't know the species name) paralyze roaches by injecting some venom, drag them to their dens (captured in these photos) and lay eggs on the imobilized roach. when the eggs are hatched, juniors will feed on the roach (still alive).
cruel, but interesting eh?
sorry if i bored you with my trivia...

dat's good and interesting info... thnx.....

skfoo · 22nd September 2004

swimcraze/damithc,

Interesting shots and facts!

2100 · 23rd September 2004

Cool!

Yeah, i think in some dry areas, wasps also inject venom into spiders' abdomen to paralyse them (very fast, i think less than 1 min to kill), and at the same time inject eggs. Few days later they hatch and free-for-all food all around them.

The lady bug also suffers from the same fate.

And i think a particular fly does this with fire ants too.

Lots of crazy stuff in nature!

Watch more NGC.

22nd September 2004	#1
swimcraze Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: my heart in san francisco Posts: 2,234	Tug of war - (head at risk!) Photos taken at a cracked wall in Arab street. enjoy!

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damithc Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NUS Posts: 387	these 'flies' ( i don't know the species name) paralyze roaches by injecting some venom, drag them to their dens (captured in these photos) and lay eggs on the imobilized roach. when the eggs are hatched, juniors will feed on the roach (still alive). cruel, but interesting eh? sorry if i bored you with my trivia...

22nd September 2004	#5
skfoo Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,187	swimcraze/damithc, Interesting shots and facts!

23rd September 2004	#6
2100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,116	Cool! Yeah, i think in some dry areas, wasps also inject venom into spiders' abdomen to paralyse them (very fast, i think less than 1 min to kill), and at the same time inject eggs. Few days later they hatch and free-for-all food all around them. The lady bug also suffers from the same fate. And i think a particular fly does this with fire ants too. Lots of crazy stuff in nature! Watch more NGC.