A beetle that hijacks wasps, then impersonates them by smell

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A beetle that hijacks wasps, then impersonates them by smell

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Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿@lemmy.mlM to Smell@lemmy.ml · 23 days ago

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The beetle Metoecus paradoxus rides a wasp home, then eats the wasp's young and pupates in its place inside the sealed cell.

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