I watched a LiveScience video last week in which a new species of wasp was confronting a much larger fruit fly and forcibly inserting its stinger into the abdomen of the fruit fly, thereby laying fertilized eggs inside the fruit fly.
The eggs hatched and a new wasp later emerged from the abdomen of the fruit fly, reminiscent of that unforgettable scene in “Alien,” when a monster emerges abruptly from inside the abdomen of a human.
You may think that when it comes to humans, this can only happen in Hollywood — but think again.
That’s because in real life we have the human botfly, a fascinating/disgusting creature which we will discuss below.
