Parasitoid wasps: Like the Alien movies, but real!

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    Imagine that after it punches it's way through your chest it makes you tuck it in and cook it dinner. That's what this wasp actually does!
    Cotesia golmerata, arguably the most interesting animal in all of nature. I (TC camera op James) have been trying to film this for the last three years. This was my white whale. Hope you enjoy it!
    Original score by Richard Collins. Check out his other work here: www.richardcollinsmusic.com/
    Here is a link to the specific track used in this.
    richardcollinsmusic.bandcamp....
    Narration by Dave Gillies.
    Additional footage by Richard Mann.
    Special thanks to the following people.
    Mark Bushell
    Mark Pajak
    Rhian Rowson
    Dr. Gavin Broad
    Prof. Marcel Dicke
    Dr. Ross Piper
    If you like what we do please consider supporting us on Patreon. / teamcandiru
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  • @hellothere5871
    @hellothere5871 Před 3 lety +3165

    Wasp: imma end this whole man's career
    Catapillar: Imma turn this into my career

  • @nrdpc5975
    @nrdpc5975 Před 3 lety +3691

    The caterpillar paid the ultimate price in child support.

  • @thelatiosmaster
    @thelatiosmaster Před rokem +1470

    The fact they lay their eggs into other "guests" and they develop inside them is not that special, but the fact they also REPROGRAM the guest to protect them to death when they grow out... that's the truely scary part

    • @danilozaurus7797
      @danilozaurus7797 Před rokem +48

      it is like we raise and develop the AI.

    • @SalvableRuin
      @SalvableRuin Před 10 měsíci +6

      Truly*

    • @mitaskeledzija6269
      @mitaskeledzija6269 Před 10 měsíci +5

      ​@@danilozaurus7797or we develop the AI to develop our children lol and do shit for us like slaves. That's the only comparison I see. And AI and God have two key values that are amazing and terrifying same time. We should stop with it though.. it will lead humanity to extinction.

    • @HopkinsIsNotAVictim
      @HopkinsIsNotAVictim Před 10 měsíci +4

      After they hatch, they get a bar mitzvah.

    • @94oddy
      @94oddy Před 9 měsíci

      ⁠@@danilozaurus7797Just for the AI to feed on our minds later on

  • @brendandash
    @brendandash Před 11 měsíci +61

    the fact that the caterpillar is alive and takes care of the larva is insaneb

  • @wesleybradshaw2609
    @wesleybradshaw2609 Před 3 lety +43680

    Nature is scary in general, but insects are on a whole different level of terror.

    • @wesleybradshaw2609
      @wesleybradshaw2609 Před 3 lety +2263

      @Hayden VI God: Lucifer...
      Lucifer: What?
      (God throws book of creation at him)
      Go crazy.

    • @veasnatdm4861
      @veasnatdm4861 Před 3 lety +515

      You need to see a life cycle of micro organism, It is also very different from other.

    • @davidhujik6078
      @davidhujik6078 Před 3 lety +141

      @@wesleybradshaw2609 he made the boogie man it scared 3 people, then Lucifer made a Republican they scare people at election times. The he made oprah Winfrey she scared thousands. Then he made the spiders and wasps..them fuckers scare everyone lol

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  Před 3 lety +3274

      "Mercy is for the weak"
      - Invertebrate fauna probably.

    • @ImNotDelusionalYouAre
      @ImNotDelusionalYouAre Před 3 lety +18

      @Dick Borbon I am atheist rat

  • @CesarAbeid
    @CesarAbeid Před 3 lety +33207

    If I'm an insect and I start hearing the soothing voice of an English voice actor, I'd know something is up

  • @tonybmusic1166
    @tonybmusic1166 Před rokem +484

    The Ichneumon Wasp was the inspiration for the movie “Alien.” The writer read about this species and created the storyline for the movie. Kinda interesting when the host is a caterpillar…..not quite so much when it’s a human.

    • @onion_____
      @onion_____ Před rokem +2

      Source,?

    • @joshuaking9589
      @joshuaking9589 Před rokem +2

      Got a source?

    • @LillyWhiteFairy
      @LillyWhiteFairy Před rokem +8

      You literally can search it...

    • @savionmcqueen8944
      @savionmcqueen8944 Před rokem +10

      honestly ichneumon wasp have a particular spot in my mind, im fascinated by them. When I was a kid we took a field trip to some flower field but I just remember this giant black wasp flying by me with what I thought was a huge stinger. I was so terrified and disgusted at that time, I thought how could bugs exist like that? It wasnt until I was older that I tried researching that bag and understood that insects are just elite life forms in a small body. If they were bigger and smarter bugs would absolutely terrorize the planet.

    • @q45ij54q
      @q45ij54q Před rokem +17

      It also was one of the main reasons Darwin stopped believing in the Christian God thinking that no all-loving being would create something like that.

  • @leonardolopezmartinez6340
    @leonardolopezmartinez6340 Před rokem +248

    When I was about 13 years old, in my garden there were a lot of caterpillars and I was very excited to see how these insects became pupae and then butterflies, but I remember looking at a caterpillar and seeing that it behaved strangely, to which I kept observing when suddenly , those worms began to emerge! I was simply shocked because I didn't understand what was happening, how it was possible that worms came out of a caterpillar, I was appalled, but then I did some research and found out what it was. A bit mirk.

    • @FuchsiaRosa
      @FuchsiaRosa Před rokem +28

      Looking at this video and comparing your experience I don’t see how you weren’t scared for life

    • @thediaz07
      @thediaz07 Před rokem +12

      I would've burned the wasps.

    • @Sheenifier
      @Sheenifier Před 8 měsíci +2

      ​@@thediaz07no trust me you want the wasps. The wasps won't eat your garden

    • @thediaz07
      @thediaz07 Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@Sheenifier but they'll eat my brain 🧠

    • @Sheenifier
      @Sheenifier Před 8 měsíci +9

      @@thediaz07 understood. You got caterpillar for a brain

  • @Begam_chan
    @Begam_chan Před 3 lety +3210

    The wasp : *slaps the top of caterpillar*
    "This bad boy can fit so many larvae in it."

  • @dlasky
    @dlasky Před 3 lety +6586

    The quality of the footage here rivals some multimillion-budget documentary channels and studios

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  Před 3 lety +401

      Thanks!

    • @firegator6853
      @firegator6853 Před 3 lety +147

      really i still try to understand HOW the hell they showed a footage so big of such tiny catterpillar and the even more tiny wasp larvae the catterpillar in that footage is like the ground and the wasp larvae digging upwards

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  Před 3 lety +98

      @@KD-os7kv Richard Collins did an original score for this, www.richardcollinsmusic.com/

    • @AgentExeider
      @AgentExeider Před 3 lety +26

      Yeah it really makes you ask how much money goes toward the production staff and how much goes to fat cat producers.

    • @joefernandez5787
      @joefernandez5787 Před 3 lety +6

      @@firegator6853 macro lenses It's what most likely they used

  • @studentoflife3149
    @studentoflife3149 Před rokem +744

    I literally had a moment where I stopped and said “wait wtf, how can this be real?” So incredible to amazed with the magic of nature

  • @Nihlux
    @Nihlux Před 10 měsíci +17

    Thank God I'm not an insect. What a terrifying world...

    • @munch762
      @munch762 Před 8 měsíci +1

      You know there are species very close to you right now that want to use you as an incubator too, you've been the birthplace of millions of creatures my friend, congrats🎉

    • @dritzzdarkwood4727
      @dritzzdarkwood4727 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Right now thousands of larvae are living on your eyelids in their little colony.
      Fortunately, we have an alliance with them. They keep our eyelids clean from bacteria, we let them live rent free.

  • @GoEvenHarder
    @GoEvenHarder Před 3 lety +8742

    Caterpillar: WTH IS GOING ON???!? WTH ARE THESE THINGS COMING OUT OF ME???!?
    2 minutes later
    Caterpillar: Mah babies

  • @juanpablocastano2192
    @juanpablocastano2192 Před 3 lety +3860

    Caterpillar: what can I say, they're my babies now.

  • @nkemcels
    @nkemcels Před rokem +23

    That initial fight between the caterpillar and the wasp was MMA level

  • @pratiksharma3538
    @pratiksharma3538 Před rokem +37

    i can only imagine the amount of hardwork that had gone into making this video
    thank you so much for giving it for free to all of us
    🙏🙏

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  Před rokem +10

      Thanks. If was a real labour of love and we are happy to share it.

  • @bigdaddypatty8348
    @bigdaddypatty8348 Před 3 lety +9258

    Imagine just being a chill caterpillar on a leaf then see a bunch of cameras focused around you for a documentary of wasps

    • @cesar6447
      @cesar6447 Před 3 lety +305

      And it gets worse that they're just to watch how you get zombiefied by a wasp. That caterpillar watch them... just staring at it... without helping...

    • @jasonspades5628
      @jasonspades5628 Před 3 lety +45

      Damn, that's one hell of an observation

    • @joice2871
      @joice2871 Před 3 lety +23

      U act like they gaf

    • @jasonspades5628
      @jasonspades5628 Před 3 lety +28

      @@joice2871
      The level of irrationality and irrelevance with respect to the nature of your comment is by far the most insufficiently nonsensical response I've ever seen on social media. And I debate creationists.
      Be proud of that. It's not easy to be nonsensical. Even trying to be irrational requires a level mindless structure.
      But you have managed to demonstrate the existence of pure academic ignorance with the social morals of a cockroach seeking anything they can attempt to poke fun at wherever it appears to be editable after dark scurrying legs can find for itself.

    • @no.more.losses705
      @no.more.losses705 Před 3 lety

      😂😂

  • @clfrey75
    @clfrey75 Před 3 lety +1940

    Note to self: Do not come back as the Large White Caterpillar.

    • @arneljamilon308
      @arneljamilon308 Před 3 lety +8

      @sherry your pic profile is bird

    • @TomSNC
      @TomSNC Před 3 lety +20

      @sherry I mean they suffer at the hands of other animals too

    • @TheAnimationStationTAS
      @TheAnimationStationTAS Před 3 lety +3

      @@TomSNC especially humans.

    • @TomSNC
      @TomSNC Před 3 lety +7

      @@TheAnimationStationTAS Im not sure of that 100% as theyve been suffering at the hands of each other long before we existed. Humans can be pretty shitty with a lot of things tho but other animals aren’t devoting the resources to save other animals that humans are. However humans are also destroying the environment, so it’s like a 1 step forward and 1 or 2 steps back kinda thing

    • @TheAnimationStationTAS
      @TheAnimationStationTAS Před 3 lety +2

      @@TomSNC sorry, I thought you meant humans suffered at the hands of other animals.

  • @joeyb6285
    @joeyb6285 Před 2 měsíci +6

    that went from *horrific to wholesome to tragic* right quick!!

  • @angel7martinez
    @angel7martinez Před rokem +14

    I am a huge fan of horror movies. This right here shook me to my core.

  • @TangoSierra888
    @TangoSierra888 Před 2 lety +9022

    The fact that the larvae feed on the caterpillar’s insides without killing it, then burst out & force it to protect them until it starves to death is insane.
    Nature is weird, man.

    • @juanrodrigo3646
      @juanrodrigo3646 Před 2 lety +33

      Yup

    • @saooran7364
      @saooran7364 Před 2 lety +166

      Kind sir please inform the spoiler beforehand, mind you.

    • @jueylewisandthebrews
      @jueylewisandthebrews Před 2 lety +197

      Do I dare point out the similarities in your description betwixt a human mother and child?

    • @leschi7432
      @leschi7432 Před 2 lety +128

      @@jueylewisandthebrews as a new mom just born my baby this is highly disturbing image :V

    • @dynamicentry6157
      @dynamicentry6157 Před 2 lety +21

      you know what they say...."life is not fair" lol

  • @testarossa53
    @testarossa53 Před 3 lety +1904

    The narrator feels like he's persuading me to join the Thieves Guild

    • @CaIamity_
      @CaIamity_ Před 3 lety +53

      Ave, true to Caesar!
      Oh wait, wrong game...

    • @aimarlangley4156
      @aimarlangley4156 Před 3 lety +16

      omg he does sounds like that guy

    • @Twiggyay
      @Twiggyay Před 3 lety +70

      Brynjolf has left his thieving ways behind him, and has since made an honest career out of nature documentary narration.

    • @ThatMadCat
      @ThatMadCat Před 3 lety +38

      Never done an honest day's work in your life for all that coin you're carrying, eh lad?

    • @baconnator179
      @baconnator179 Před 3 lety +11

      @@CaIamity_ we won't go down quietly. The legion can count on that

  • @SuperHaoken
    @SuperHaoken Před rokem +22

    it's amazing that the caterpillar develop a maternal instinct for those warps.

  • @luciusesox1luckysox570
    @luciusesox1luckysox570 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Makes the film Alien seem all the more believable .

  • @salty8202
    @salty8202 Před 3 lety +3866

    that caterpillar is more of a mother to their children than the wasp that laid them

  • @SeriousJB
    @SeriousJB Před 2 lety +2774

    *"70% of large white caterpillars suffer this fate"*
    Well, I now know what I don't want to be in my next life

  • @bassman494
    @bassman494 Před rokem +8

    Incredible camera-work. What a mind-blowing video.

  • @Bendetoma
    @Bendetoma Před 10 měsíci +12

    As creepy as this video makes them seem, those wasps are actually incredibly useful in controlling pests.

  • @xupin9783
    @xupin9783 Před 3 lety +1465

    wasp:imma implant my children on you!
    Caterpillar: *our* children

    • @raihannurulfikri4654
      @raihannurulfikri4654 Před 3 lety +48

      Technically wasp children was born from the caterpillar,so its not completely wrong 😅

    • @minimongo9560
      @minimongo9560 Před 2 lety +8

      @BLADE except humans need a man and a woman to have kids???

    • @raphaelj.r5804
      @raphaelj.r5804 Před 2 lety +26

      *USSR National Anthem starts playing*

    • @xupin9783
      @xupin9783 Před 2 lety +14

      @@raphaelj.r5804*USSR anthem intensifies*

    • @blakhawk999
      @blakhawk999 Před 2 lety +1

      Your pfp is everything to me 😭😭

  • @iralol3771
    @iralol3771 Před 3 lety +1946

    "As well as being incredibly aggressive"
    *Wiggles violently*

  • @markembile9510
    @markembile9510 Před rokem +2

    *A LITERALLY AN ALIEN-LOOKING CYCLE IN THE INSECT WORLD*
    This channel: *proceeds to put an uplifting song background*

  • @jeremykyle123456
    @jeremykyle123456 Před rokem +5

    The narrator has a soothing voice and makes anything not so scary

  • @OriginalKKid
    @OriginalKKid Před 3 lety +1625

    I thought my life was s***, now im just glad im not one of these caterpillars.

    • @Ilovegrunge123
      @Ilovegrunge123 Před 3 lety +34

      Well there is always reincarnation, hopefully if it exist i come back as a human.

    • @firegator6853
      @firegator6853 Před 3 lety +39

      @@Ilovegrunge123 or as a pet dog.....their lives are the best if they are raised properly and not thrown outside

    • @expectnothing9032
      @expectnothing9032 Před 3 lety +6

      *yet*

    • @jennifermiller5696
      @jennifermiller5696 Před 3 lety +9

      I have no idea what to comment but I guess this counts

    • @dannyvendetta6677
      @dannyvendetta6677 Před 3 lety +3

      No cap Thank you God 😂😂😂😂

  • @kayskreed
    @kayskreed Před 2 lety +6396

    The mind-blowing thing is that the caterpillar was forced to be the caretaker of its parasitic killers. It was completely zombified at that point. Nature is truly more bizarre, twisted and disturbing than any horror story I've seen. For anyone writing horror, take your cues from Mother Nature.

    • @MikeM-uy6qp
      @MikeM-uy6qp Před 2 lety +9

      Yeah, the Alien writers actually toned it down.

    • @wesmerit8855
      @wesmerit8855 Před 2 lety +888

      Meanwhile, there are people out there who lose their minds if preferred pronouns are not enforced.

    • @goead
      @goead Před 2 lety +32

      @@wesmerit8855 lol

    • @monetum1392
      @monetum1392 Před 2 lety +145

      @@wesmerit8855 Dude could people like you just stfu and stop bringing this shit up so randomly 😂

    • @nihilego3634
      @nihilego3634 Před 2 lety +42

      @@wesmerit8855 🐹 ⋆ 🐷 🎀 𝑅𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝑒 🎀 🐷 ⋆ 🐹

  • @gigazerkertv
    @gigazerkertv Před 8 měsíci +3

    Its like in alien resurrection, the anthropomorph alien thought Ripley was her real mother.

  • @cher8005
    @cher8005 Před rokem

    Subscribed. Decision was a complete no-brainer😏. This channel is a winner. Bravo!

  • @dudethmcgraff7627
    @dudethmcgraff7627 Před 3 lety +1525

    Holy crap I can’t believe it’s actually WORSE than I imagined

    • @Raydensheraj
      @Raydensheraj Před 3 lety +17

      Turned Charles Darwin pretty much into an Atheist...😂

    • @poop_schmoop
      @poop_schmoop Před 3 lety +1

      im scarred

    • @Welari12
      @Welari12 Před 3 lety +6

      Read this in Gordon's voice

    • @condorX2
      @condorX2 Před 3 lety +2

      I wonder why the caterpillar create a harden web to protect the baby Wasps?
      The plant food is just under the caterpillar, why didn't the caterpillar eat it?
      It's because his stomach already being cut opens? Hmm that might be it.
      It guess the caterpillar view those Wasp as it offspring and die happy.

    • @dudethmcgraff7627
      @dudethmcgraff7627 Před 3 lety +11

      @@condorX2 the narrator touches on that in the video by saying there are powerful chemicals racing through its body, caused by the larvae

  • @botanicleaf3824
    @botanicleaf3824 Před 3 lety +2594

    This is like a car crash. Hard to watch but hard not to. Incredible.

    • @Ze_N00B
      @Ze_N00B Před 3 lety +46

      "You're like a marshmallow in slow-motion. It's like I'm watching you eating salad through a windshield."
      -Time bending Scout

    • @FrappuccinoAlfredo
      @FrappuccinoAlfredo Před 3 lety +2

      @@Ze_N00B lmao I just watched that like 10 minutes ago

    • @shotokhan4078
      @shotokhan4078 Před 3 lety +3

      perfect description!

    • @psychosemantics
      @psychosemantics Před 3 lety +7

      It's so physically uncomfortable but I can't stop watching due to curiosity

    • @BassLineProductionsI
      @BassLineProductionsI Před 3 lety +1

      @PARK give it a rest

  • @KDuff-2015
    @KDuff-2015 Před rokem +22

    It’s crazy how the Caterpillars look changed from 2:20 when it got bit to 7:00 when it’s protecting the baby wasp. Almost like it mutates

  • @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462
    @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 Před 8 měsíci +1

    "You admire the goddamned thing..."
    "I admire it's purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience or delusions of morality."

  • @andrewsinclair7159
    @andrewsinclair7159 Před 3 lety +442

    Caterpillar is like "I have no idea what these are, but they came out of me so they must be my babies and I love them."

    • @MahouShoujo-Studios
      @MahouShoujo-Studios Před 3 lety +77

      It's brain was chemically hijacked by the wasp.

    • @andrewsinclair7159
      @andrewsinclair7159 Před 3 lety +43

      @@MahouShoujo-Studios Yeah, that tends to happen in one way or another with wasp venom. The exact composition naturally varies from species to species but it's usually a cocktail of proteins, peptides, and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine that paralyze insect nerves and cause pain in mammal nerves.

    • @MahouShoujo-Studios
      @MahouShoujo-Studios Před 3 lety +17

      @@andrewsinclair7159 I'm looking back at my comment and I'm like "I used the wrong 'its'. My entire statement is now invalid.

    • @andrewsinclair7159
      @andrewsinclair7159 Před 3 lety +12

      @@MahouShoujo-Studios We are both big dumb nerds.

    • @MahouShoujo-Studios
      @MahouShoujo-Studios Před 3 lety +14

      @@andrewsinclair7159 Yes we are. But nerds are cool nowadays so :)

  • @AtesliTeyyare
    @AtesliTeyyare Před 3 lety +748

    I never thought one day I was going to watch a survival battle between a parasitic wasp and an aggressive caterpillar, narrated with a Scottish accent, for 8 minutes.

    • @jonfoster5685
      @jonfoster5685 Před 3 lety +15

      Yeah, I just had one of those "What the hell did I just watch?" moments myself.

    • @Millenimorphose
      @Millenimorphose Před 3 lety +3

      This is not something that surprises me about myself.

    • @alexselvanathan
      @alexselvanathan Před 3 lety

      I just realized umi watched it for 8 mins

    • @TheTranceCartel
      @TheTranceCartel Před 3 lety +1

      His accent sounds Portuguese to me

    • @L3GHO5T
      @L3GHO5T Před 3 lety

      It’s not one of those things you plan for m, it just happens 😂

  • @SwiFTDBL
    @SwiFTDBL Před 9 měsíci +5

    the fact they got uplose footage of all the processes and different steps of this is INSANE! especially the larvae eating and coming out of the caterpillar, actually insane footage, and the 9M views that this vid got seems to agree! keep these videos going and this channel will be at million subs no time!

  • @EggieAnimates
    @EggieAnimates Před měsícem +2

    Not me getting emotionally attached to a caterpillar and then being crushed by its death

  • @matthewgriffin1782
    @matthewgriffin1782 Před 3 lety +713

    This dude just said "70% of these caterpillars will go through the same fate" and there's something spine-chilling about that

    • @EggwonMusk
      @EggwonMusk Před 3 lety +7

      @@nobody7817 thats a nice fact i tell random people lol

    • @nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife
      @nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife Před 3 lety +3

      Cells have a kill switch, i kinda wish all life had a kill switch. Id just nope right out of it. Something too terrifying, could nope right out.

    • @pamelapap
      @pamelapap Před 3 lety +11

      I feel sorry for them. I might go looking out and kill a couple of these wasps when I see them.

    • @ungobungo7986
      @ungobungo7986 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pamelapap Why? Its nature

    • @Lucas-Nunes
      @Lucas-Nunes Před 3 lety +5

      @@pamelapap You shouldn't do that.
      There is a reason why so many die.
      It's nature's ecosystem,it's balanced as it has to be.

  • @gianlatorre9357
    @gianlatorre9357 Před 3 lety +888

    This is why you should always evolve your Caterpie.

  • @HorrorFangirl34
    @HorrorFangirl34 Před 11 měsíci +4

    This is incredible footage! WOW! This looks creepy and super painful! Man, nature can be so brutal if she wants to be!

    • @mojo7495
      @mojo7495 Před 11 měsíci

      "Nature"? In other words, you believe blind chance evolution is responsible for the millions of miracles we see everyday?
      You are deluded.
      Try reading Genesis 1:1.

  • @WebflingerJoe
    @WebflingerJoe Před rokem +2

    Damn dude when that caterpillar sat on a pile as large as itself it blew my mind

  • @secret6338
    @secret6338 Před 3 lety +810

    When they say it's just stomach pain but then the camera crew shows up:

  • @Williamob
    @Williamob Před 3 lety +512

    The fact 70% have this happen to them is insane, and the fact the caterpillar becomes a care taker is a whole other level of wild

    • @Peacemaker-96
      @Peacemaker-96 Před 3 lety +25

      Nature's way of saving the plants from being overeaten!

    • @EggwonMusk
      @EggwonMusk Před 3 lety +3

      have you heard of the Cuckoo Bird?

    • @Emajenus
      @Emajenus Před 3 lety +40

      It's not insane because this is how ecosystems do population control. Some animals are eaten, some animals are used in other ways.
      It's a very delicate balance.
      The less of these caterpillars are there, the less the wasps can breed, and the more caterpillars are there, the more the wasps can breed. If the caterpillars go extinct, the wasps will follow. And if the wasps go extinct somehow, the caterpillar population would go out of control, likely impacting the feeding habits of some other animals in their ecosystem.

    • @Peacemaker-96
      @Peacemaker-96 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Emajenus well explained!

    • @Antside
      @Antside Před 3 lety +1

      @@Emajenus ik it's to keep everything balanced it's just that i think it's an horrible way of dieing. I'd rather see the wasps just kill and eat and the caterpillars instead of this. But it is what it is

  • @beatles7238
    @beatles7238 Před rokem

    OMG how amazing was that and the caterpillar after how many chewed there way out of his guts, I love these videos and great up close shots 👍💙

  • @TonyScavini
    @TonyScavini Před 8 měsíci +2

    It's almost like the entire purpose of the caterpillars existence is to produce the wasps, 70% of them live and die for this, it's absolutely insane.

  • @VikingerOnYT
    @VikingerOnYT Před 3 lety +10799

    That's honestly scary

    • @1911dawg
      @1911dawg Před 3 lety +84

      I heard this can happen to humans ;)

    • @thanxxxx
      @thanxxxx Před 3 lety +11

      Damnnnn

    • @trickyclown3719
      @trickyclown3719 Před 3 lety +131

      @@1911dawg AYO WTH

    • @TimSzabo
      @TimSzabo Před 3 lety +108

      @@trickyclown3719 dude he means parent hood lmao

    • @ahmeteminsenyurt131
      @ahmeteminsenyurt131 Před 3 lety +93

      Imagen getting bitten by a wasp... only to have babys emerge out of your skin 2 and a half weeks later! THATS SCARY.

  • @cmillspa1
    @cmillspa1 Před 3 lety +1406

    Wasp looking at a caterpillar: "It's free real estate."

  • @dizzytoytles4694
    @dizzytoytles4694 Před rokem

    This takes the meaning take one for the team to a whole new level

  • @PhilAse-ki8ks
    @PhilAse-ki8ks Před 2 dny

    The quality of this footage is top-notch 💯

  • @halowaffles
    @halowaffles Před rokem +7902

    As terrifying as this process is, I'm still of the opinion that the only naturally-derived creature that deserves to be truly, utterly extinct is the mosquito

    • @ihsahnakerfeldt9280
      @ihsahnakerfeldt9280 Před rokem +541

      And the fly

    • @SteadFast411
      @SteadFast411 Před rokem +4

      @@ihsahnakerfeldt9280 Flies at least acts as a visual/auditory sign that something nearby is dirty/rotten, and act to somewhat breakdown that rotten substance. Not their primary evolutionary purpose, but at least a purpose we've been able to use as a tell-tale sign to 'clean up' for centuries. And they act as prey for other, more enviornmentally useful insects.

    • @tatiana517
      @tatiana517 Před rokem +49

      Indeed !

    • @Tremere
      @Tremere Před rokem +1059

      100% fact, mosquitos have literally 0 justification to exist in this universe and the fact that humanity hasn't eradicated every single one is criminal

    • @CMTechnica
      @CMTechnica Před rokem +140

      Mosquitos and Alaskan horse flies

  • @sds3558
    @sds3558 Před 3 lety +1849

    I was so sad when the caterpillar died, wtf. It was like my favourite character of a show dying.

    • @Lucas-Nunes
      @Lucas-Nunes Před 3 lety +120

      Right?
      Such character development, for such death.

    • @sincereeastman6972
      @sincereeastman6972 Před 3 lety +76

      @@Lucas-Nunes man we could of had another season but the writers didn’t have enough money to keep the show going

    • @stanclark8824
      @stanclark8824 Před 3 lety +4

      it was cute too!

    • @jasenworrell6214
      @jasenworrell6214 Před 3 lety +17

      If only it would've snacked on the extra leaves and made it's own cocoon towards the end they could've flown away together

    • @kevinvassago
      @kevinvassago Před 3 lety +13

      Some game of thrones shit that happens in our backyards

  • @sandrareynolds7379
    @sandrareynolds7379 Před rokem

    💕 the narration on this piece. Nice voice.

  • @bob-sb2zu
    @bob-sb2zu Před 8 měsíci

    Happens frequently where I live ,the caterpillars climb the house walls to pupate but are found dead surrounded by yellow cocoons, not seen any protective behavior from the towards the cocoons though .With local Small Tortoiseshell butterflies the caterpillars pupate but only tiny wasps emerge from the pupae leaving tiny holes .The numbers of these butterflies locally has plummeted drastically in recent years.

  • @derbyjr
    @derbyjr Před 3 lety +979

    “It will protect the cocoon from any intruder.”
    The caterpillar with a bug on its face: *Y E E T*

  • @broodstar1337
    @broodstar1337 Před 2 lety +6705

    I never met a wasp that I liked or thought deserved continued existence. As of today, there are still no exceptions.

    • @antoniolima1068
      @antoniolima1068 Před 2 lety +3

      better to spray the crops with pesticides that go down the water pathways until all creation is contaminated, you will cherish this wasps after you witness your kids suffering mind and physical disturbances from the poisons we release, just think.

    • @MariaIsabellaZNN
      @MariaIsabellaZNN Před 2 lety +327

      There's a parasitic wasp that preys only on ticks, how about that one? Other than that.. yeah I'm good.

    • @chitinskin9860
      @chitinskin9860 Před 2 lety +263

      @@antoniolima1068 A little dramatic but I get your point. What wasps do may be horrific, but it keeps ecosystems stable and is an excellent alternative to pesticide use. They definitely deserve continued existence, when they aren't doing parasitic horror show stuff, they are doing many other ecological services like pollination. Having them gone would not only result in their prey species overpopulating, but would also result in the deaths of numerous flowers (bees and butterflies don't pollinate everything) among other things, mostly related to plant health. A shame people only judge them by their covers, considering that when it comes to wasps, that's often the least charismatic part of them.

    • @antoniolima1068
      @antoniolima1068 Před 2 lety +19

      @@chitinskin9860 theatrics are fun and sooth my artistic nature, natural kingdom is a infinite source of inspiration, i would advise japanese horror manga artists to look into this wasps.
      If you care about allegorical reasoning, pounder the parallel between narcissists/fly vs empaths/ bees, how can a bee tell a fly that polen is better than s###, we have deep social problems from this precise conundrum, both are a species necessity.

    • @TheMastertbc
      @TheMastertbc Před 2 lety +38

      Wasps prey on all kinds of herbivores that would ruin plants
      like aphids and weevils

  • @PeterParker-gt3xl
    @PeterParker-gt3xl Před 5 měsíci +1

    A script for another spooky Alien invasion movie. Caterpillar is not the only victim.

  • @sparrowchurch4445
    @sparrowchurch4445 Před rokem

    So the caterpillar is not only the incubator it becomes the mom to a while other species which kills it!!! Crazy. Incredible footage!!

  • @carlosmunguia3843
    @carlosmunguia3843 Před 3 lety +1408

    Reality is often more disturbing than fiction.

    • @Ali-fb5km
      @Ali-fb5km Před 3 lety +31

      Fiction is a twist on reality

    • @beefboylatestestorona3963
      @beefboylatestestorona3963 Před 3 lety +16

      @@Ali-fb5km reality is more twisted n complicated though.

    • @legrandgougoulilumine6940
      @legrandgougoulilumine6940 Před 3 lety +2

      Just like parents in law..

    • @nambelas
      @nambelas Před 3 lety +1

      Multiple chest busters on the same body...?

    • @sw-hg8eq
      @sw-hg8eq Před 3 lety

      In the fiction, it was the humans and I didn't care but here we have innocent baby animals.

  • @carrnil
    @carrnil Před 3 lety +1851

    I never liked wasps, and i like them even less now.

    • @Peacemaker-96
      @Peacemaker-96 Před 3 lety +63

      It's nature's way of saving the plants from being overeaten by that caterpillar;
      But yeah, nobody likes wasps!

    • @EggwonMusk
      @EggwonMusk Před 3 lety +76

      Honey Bee: _makes honey_
      Wasp: _Staps people and has zero benefits_

    • @Pachvco_
      @Pachvco_ Před 3 lety +22

      @@EggwonMusk I mean they make honey but worse.

    • @MelodicTurtleMetal
      @MelodicTurtleMetal Před 3 lety +41

      @@EggwonMusk they kill other pests.
      Now let's talk mosquitos

    • @waffelo4681
      @waffelo4681 Před 3 lety +11

      @@MelodicTurtleMetal mosquitos controls human populations.....lol

  • @sciencefellows777
    @sciencefellows777 Před rokem +1

    Excellent video! Good capture of the natures workings.

  • @lonesquid
    @lonesquid Před 3 měsíci +1

    The more we learn about the mind-boggling complexity of life, the harder it is to believe that it arose randomly.

  • @royhoequist8846
    @royhoequist8846 Před 3 lety +1549

    Had no idea caterpillars could suffer from Stockholm Syndrome.

    • @NetNN
      @NetNN Před 3 lety +220

      More like brainwashing. It's brain is totally hijacked.

    • @modest_mind2526
      @modest_mind2526 Před 3 lety +77

      @@LUITESLIFE Video states that taking care of the wasps is the only maternal instincts it has. Which means they do not do this for their own offspring.

    • @inverse2k1
      @inverse2k1 Před 3 lety +83

      @@modest_mind2526 which is much creepier than one could ever imagine.

    • @manp1039
      @manp1039 Před 3 lety +49

      i am thinking about the evolutionary steps that led to this.. it is amazing and puzzling and sad too.

    • @petergreen1354
      @petergreen1354 Před 3 lety +27

      Something about that catapillar reminds me of a Democrat voter😂🤣

  • @adithyalfc
    @adithyalfc Před rokem +3416

    the patience of the cameraman and the team to film these things..just amazing

    • @monsterx3055
      @monsterx3055 Před rokem +65

      its all set up in a studio.

    • @steveRoll595
      @steveRoll595 Před rokem

      @@monsterx3055 ah yes, the wasps are paid actors!

    • @notorioustony6033
      @notorioustony6033 Před rokem +12

      @@monsterx3055 proof?

    • @DashhunterLP
      @DashhunterLP Před rokem +11

      @@monsterx3055 citation needed.

    • @brootal4234
      @brootal4234 Před rokem +82

      Meanwhile, the caterpillar is yelling “For God’s sakes, man!! Put the camera down and help me!!! I’m slowly being murdered!!! They’re emerging from my body!!! Why are you still filming???!!! Aughhhhh!!!!”

  • @ravijntje8724
    @ravijntje8724 Před rokem +58

    Can we just appreciate the fact that we're humans and not insects? 😂

    • @mojo_giorgio
      @mojo_giorgio Před 9 měsíci

      omg yes

    • @GuyChooo
      @GuyChooo Před 8 měsíci

      Well, lets also appreciate the fact that we are big enough to handle them "not a swarm though".

    • @chelsealott7708
      @chelsealott7708 Před 8 měsíci

      YES PLEASE!! There's some weird and disturbing stuff that insects go through...

  • @guydreamr
    @guydreamr Před 8 měsíci +1

    Caterzombies. This is nature on a whole other level.

  • @matthewcrome5835
    @matthewcrome5835 Před 2 lety +2038

    My life may be shitty but goddammit I'm glad I'm not one of these caterpillars

    • @azharimran1969
      @azharimran1969 Před 2 lety +4

      Hey I saw you in reddit!

    • @slothflutes222
      @slothflutes222 Před 2 lety +22

      you'll next life maybe..

    • @operationada
      @operationada Před 2 lety +1

      WORD!

    • @Bynk333
      @Bynk333 Před 2 lety +6

      We are all only catepillars fou ours politicians..... :-)

    • @nanochic
      @nanochic Před 2 lety +3

      @@slothflutes222 think about how many insects there are in the world… the odds of becoming one in our next life is way too high😭

  • @TheAsharedhett
    @TheAsharedhett Před rokem +4164

    What I'm most intrigued by is the "mind control" aspect of this. If she simply laid they eggs and they parasitically grew from within the caterpillar, that wouldn't be any kind of shock, but this fundamental change of behavior to become sacrificially altruistic towards the offspring of its former prey is fascinating and disturbing.

    • @TIKIWOLF
      @TIKIWOLF Před rokem +1

      Maybe That's why the Davos Elitists want us to eat these insects. 🐛 To further the hive-mind. 🐝 🐝 🐝

    • @R0DSTER
      @R0DSTER Před rokem +1

      this is just me guessing without further research but i'm not sure that it's necessarily mind control...it looked like the parasites covered themselves with the caterpillar's own silk, possibly to deceive and be accepted by the caterpillar as its own. in return this could cause some instinctive trigger in the caterpillar's dna of taking care of them, even if these caterpillars don't have their own young at that stage cycle

    • @Master__Chief117
      @Master__Chief117 Před rokem +47

      He explains that it isnt common

    • @sneakycheeky531
      @sneakycheeky531 Před rokem +370

      @@Master__Chief117 makes no difference to this comment

    • @Master__Chief117
      @Master__Chief117 Před rokem +1

      @@sneakycheeky531 if it isn't common, then that means there's no mind control and this caterpillar is just bored or somethin. You seem to be the only one saying irrelevant shit

  • @mclovin4846
    @mclovin4846 Před rokem +3

    That wasp just made that caterpillar it’s baby daddy💀

  • @jeffl977
    @jeffl977 Před 11 měsíci

    This footage is incredible

  • @llenny7974
    @llenny7974 Před 3 lety +1556

    Larvae: We will eat your non essential tissue and won't spill any blood bursting out and in return you take care of us till you die, okay?
    Caterpillar: This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever

  • @123lovelylady
    @123lovelylady Před 3 lety +562

    Catapillar: GUYS HELP-
    Other caterpillars: nah we got some leaves

  • @theeternal6890
    @theeternal6890 Před rokem

    *What did I just watch! I always liked catterpilers for their beauty but this increased my respect for them on another level.*

  • @ls200076
    @ls200076 Před 3 lety +217

    Gardener: I hate caterpillars.
    Wasp: I got you bro.
    Gardener: Wait..

  • @azinaripin3333
    @azinaripin3333 Před 3 lety +112

    Caterpillar: let me tell you all something
    Baby wasps: what?
    Caterpillar: you all are adopted.

  • @Archermit
    @Archermit Před rokem +1

    the Family guy meme "damn nature, you scary" comes to mind!

  • @AsifAAli
    @AsifAAli Před rokem

    I love the narration. I could use it as my lullaby.

  • @CHRONOFIEND_
    @CHRONOFIEND_ Před rokem +3204

    Caterpillar: “Aw sweet! I won that fight!”
    *Cameraman keeps filming*
    Caterpillar: “… didn’t I?”

    • @johnP0908
      @johnP0908 Před rokem +71

      Caterpillar: “… didn’t I?”

    • @YouTubeIsCancer420
      @YouTubeIsCancer420 Před rokem +187

      Caterpillar: "Mr. Cameraman, I dont feel so good..."

    • @islandbee
      @islandbee Před rokem +54

      Caterpillar: DON'T MESS WITH MY LITTLE BABIES!!!

    • @patrickm.9348
      @patrickm.9348 Před rokem +4

      Thank you

    • @Pulang_Diwa
      @Pulang_Diwa Před rokem +43

      **Video Pauses**
      Narrator: "He didn't."

  • @broccolycowboy3016
    @broccolycowboy3016 Před 2 lety +2074

    seeing that caterpillar throw down with that wasp made me realize how tanky they really are. as humans, we think they're small, squishy, and helpless. but in the insect world they're basically tubes of muscle!

    • @darnit1944
      @darnit1944 Před 2 lety +152

      The insect world contains many powerful beings. The ants for ex can lift items 10-50 times their mass.
      That's the equivalent of a human (probably 60kg on average) lifting a 3 ton object.

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid Před 2 lety +173

      1. The square-cube law works in both directions. This means that as a species's average size decreases, the more efficient it gets strength-wise. It's why fleas can jump and fall many times its height without injury, but an elephant can't jump without destroying its legs.
      2. Their skeletons is literally their outsides. That means there are no bones inside to take up space, which leaves more room for muscles.

    • @sheilashineleofany822
      @sheilashineleofany822 Před 2 lety +10

      depend on type of wasps... carnivore wasps already had if flying to their nest

    • @Sjaapdespaak
      @Sjaapdespaak Před 2 lety +2

      @@darnit1944 60kg on average???

    • @darnit1944
      @darnit1944 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Sjaapdespaak Why are you acting so surprised?

  • @jeffreysokal7264
    @jeffreysokal7264 Před 6 měsíci

    Excellent! Kudos for a job well done.

  • @DoubleZ.2331
    @DoubleZ.2331 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is whole new level of GORE!

  • @botondkovacs6195
    @botondkovacs6195 Před 3 lety +570

    My brain: It's disgusting.
    My eyes: *Don't stop watching!* 👀

    • @jochen_schueller
      @jochen_schueller Před 2 lety +3

      My larvae: Don't stop living

    • @pikaxechu6370
      @pikaxechu6370 Před 2 lety +2

      I WANT TO STOP BUT I CANT

    • @MikeM-uy6qp
      @MikeM-uy6qp Před 2 lety

      it's sickeningly mesmerizing. it's very well-done.

    • @voidmaster6353
      @voidmaster6353 Před 2 lety

      It's like a car crash!! I CAN NOT STOP!!!!

    • @xunk16
      @xunk16 Před 2 lety +1

      And here it is folks, the definite proof that your eyes do hate your brain that much, possibly from being forcefully leashed to it and being prevented from going anywhere out.

  • @Lugtastic
    @Lugtastic Před 2 lety +644

    I like how the caterpillar attempts to eat the wasps wing like a leaf lol

    • @christiangallien3730
      @christiangallien3730 Před rokem +49

      Could you imagine being in such agony, as you're being tortured medieval style. And before finishing you off you hear a voice yell "any last words?!" You cry out with every last bit of life you posess, "Buh... buhh......... BACON SANDWICH!!!" as you blissfully accept your doom and fade into the hereafter.

    • @r0conscious
      @r0conscious Před rokem +1

      XD

    • @justarandomguy9705
      @justarandomguy9705 Před rokem +7

      @@christiangallien3730 what

    • @Electroblade360
      @Electroblade360 Před rokem +6

      @@christiangallien3730 ....yikes 😬

    • @disarisumbrus4492
      @disarisumbrus4492 Před rokem +5

      @@christiangallien3730 that's what the caterpillar said fr

  • @sillytalk3367
    @sillytalk3367 Před rokem

    I’ve been itching this whole time and I can’t stop

  • @Flameheart_
    @Flameheart_ Před 9 měsíci +2

    Thank god for these guys. Just ran into a Hornworm on my tomato plant, and it had the cucoons on it. I'll let nature take its course and let it produce more of these parasitic killers!

  • @leolecerf
    @leolecerf Před rokem +3065

    the fact that the caterpilar is alive and defends the wasps just blew my mind!

  • @lc8671
    @lc8671 Před 3 lety +406

    This is taking Stockholm Syndrome to another level.

  • @user-gm6wd9gr2d
    @user-gm6wd9gr2d Před rokem +10

    I come here because of enna

  • @middleclassic
    @middleclassic Před 11 měsíci +1

    Much of nature is cute and heartwarming :-)
    And then you got this … Eesh!

  • @StormStar626
    @StormStar626 Před 3 lety +1229

    This might be the sickest most disturbing thing ive ever seen an insect do... its bad enough that they burst from the caterpillar but that its possessed to give it life for them afterwards is horrifying

    • @placeholder2617
      @placeholder2617 Před 3 lety +6

      You have a weak constitution..

    • @StormStar626
      @StormStar626 Před 3 lety +204

      @@placeholder2617 My constitution has nothing to do with it, I am not physically repulsed by this, more that I find it mentally disturbing that a creature exists that has the power to enslave another creature in this way

    • @industrialfear5055
      @industrialfear5055 Před 3 lety +10

      without tactics like this happening for millions of years you sir would not be on this planet. we have all come from survival of the fittest.

    • @StormStar626
      @StormStar626 Před 3 lety +152

      @@industrialfear5055 That is not survival of the fittest. Many insects lay their eggs in the body of another, in this symbiotic way. Yet for that creature to then willingly give its life protecting the very thing that is causing it pain and feeding upon its body that is not survival of the fittest.

    • @elimarc3891
      @elimarc3891 Před 3 lety +8

      Interesting take. They enslaved it. Just like evil spirits do to people who wont ise the right means of getting free. JESUS

  • @Q2tall
    @Q2tall Před 3 lety +263

    Nobodies talking about how fitting the music is to the occasion this is a job well done fr

    • @andrefilipe9042
      @andrefilipe9042 Před 3 lety +1

      It really made it look like a thoughtful epic tale about nature.

  • @toanthai
    @toanthai Před 11 měsíci +1

    Great footage! I have shot a video of the same wasp but its larvae laid an egg inside an aphid. It ate the aphid from the inside and emerged from it days later.

  • @frolic63
    @frolic63 Před rokem

    Wow I must say that scared me more than a thriller, but f.. its amazing.

  • @TheRealMTR
    @TheRealMTR Před 3 lety +4208

    Nah I'm good fam