wasps
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Alabamans Are Battling Car-Sized Yellow Jacket Nests This Year
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System has warned residents in Alabama, U.S.A. to watch out for “Volkswagen Beetle”-sized yellow jacket nests throughout the state, according to a news release.
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I Do Not Like This New Wasp Species Whose Giant Stinger Lays Eggs Inside Spiders
Hi, do you see that long red thing? It belongs to that wasp. Its function is to both sting and lay eggs inside of another creature, which is eventually killed from the inside by the wasp’s horrifying offspring. I do not like this wasp and hope that I never meet this wasp.
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Drones Built Like Squishy Bugs Won’t Break When They Crash
Like death and taxes, drone crashes are basically inevitable. Even experienced pilots aren’t immune to hardware failures or software problems. But instead of building drones stronger, or wrapping them in awkward safety cages, Swiss researchers have designed a flexible quadcopter that squishes when it crashes, minimising the damage it takes.
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Ancient Nightmare Wasp Is Like No Other Insect On Earth
Do not be alarmed by this heavily armed, parasitic wasp that bears no close relationship to any other organism, and is such a badarse that it apparently traded flying for leaping like a grasshopper. Mercifully, Aptenoperissus burmanicus went extinct a long time ago.