A deadly spider meets its match
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
Throughout Australia, a tiny wasp stings and paralyzes redback spiders before laying an egg that develops into a larva and slowly devours the dangerous arachnids, Australian researchers have announced.
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