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New wasp with giant jaws discovered

By T.K. Randall
August 31, 2011 · Comment icon 22 comments

Image Credit: Andrew Richards
Researchers have announced the recent discovery of a new species of giant warrior wasp.
Found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi the male wasp has jaws so large that when open they are longer than its legs. "Its jaws are so large that they wrap up either side of the head when closed. When the jaws are open they are actually longer than the male's front legs," says museum director Lynn Kimsey.
Kimsey added, "The jaws are big enough to wrap around the female's thorax and hold her during mating. " Kimsey discovered the so-called warrior wasp on the Mekongga Mountains in southeastern Sulawesi during a recent biodiversity expedition.


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Comment icon #13 Posted by buntukalando 14 years ago
Direct Live from Sulawesi, the basic wasp model (a worker, not a male) already 38 mm long without the sting that's 5 mm by itself. Normally this one is not aggressive, but a handful of them can kill somebody. I try to imagine how big is the freshly discovered monster.
Comment icon #14 Posted by Emin 14 years ago
OMG thas so awesome, i love it when they find new insects this is certainly a first dun think there are any other wasp species with mandibles of such proportion!
Comment icon #15 Posted by Persia 14 years ago
If you think stinging insects in your garden are big, consider Dalara garuda, a newly identified wasp that's five times bigger than most other wasps, according to a recent Natural History Museum, Berlin, press release. You can see the size difference in the above picture. http://news.discovery.com/animals/enormous-new-wasp-110908.html
Comment icon #16 Posted by Robbie333 14 years ago
If you think stinging insects in your garden are big, consider Dalara garuda, a newly identified wasp that's five times bigger than most other wasps, according to a recent Natural History Museum, Berlin, press release. You can see the size difference in the above picture. http://news.discover...asp-110908.html Scarey critter for sure. " You are going to need a bigger Epinephrine pen.
Comment icon #17 Posted by ~TheBigK~ 14 years ago
Look at those jaws! That is horrifying.
Comment icon #18 Posted by Hybrid89 14 years ago
I ****ing hate wasps and this one is defo ranked number 1
Comment icon #19 Posted by Swamptick 14 years ago
None of us will ever sleep again.
Comment icon #20 Posted by Dom3434 14 years ago
wow is this another experament like the "killer bees".... we should stop play god, for our own sake.
Comment icon #21 Posted by Dougal 14 years ago
wow is this another experament like the "killer bees".... we should stop play god, for our own sake. Did you even read the article or are you just throwing in random opinions for the sake of it? We should breed more puppies and use them as living radiators in winter.
Comment icon #22 Posted by Wearer of Hats 13 years ago
http://weirdthings.com/2012/06/mother-nature-creates-giger-inspired-wasp/ There's not much more to say other then SWEET BABY CHEESES that thing is on my doorstep (Indonesia is one strong breeze away from Australia)
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