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Fun fact: the long tube on its posterior isn't a stinger, but an ovipositor - a long tube the wasp uses to push its eggs into its prey, usually spiders or the larvae of other insects. The wasp larvae then eat the prey from the inside out before emerging as adult wasps.

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