VENOMOUS WASP
FOUND IN INDONESIA
G'day folks,
A bizarre-looking and new wasp species was
discovered in 2012 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Named Megalara
garuda or the ‘Garuda Wasp’, these wasps are 2.5 inches long and are
pitch-black in color. The males of the species have long sickle-shaped
jaws and scientists aren’t sure about their use.
This giant venomous
insect was waiting to be discovered and had been kept in storage since
the 1930s in Indonesia's Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense.
This species
belongs to the digger wasp family and can paralyze the prey by stinging
it.
The Megalara garuda has been named after the mythical half-man/half-bird
creature in Indian mythology called Garuda.
Clancy's comment: A mean-looking creature, eh?
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