The source of this image is red.scale on Facebook. Per there:
red.scale is in Houston, Texas.
June 15, 2021
Damn. This is by far the largest scolid wasp I've ever seen.
This big girl is 65mm (2.5") long with a wingspan of 96mm (3.7") Scolid wasps lay their eggs inside of other animals. This species depends on Chalcasoma Atlas as it's host. They find the grubs, paralyze them and implant the egg inside of the larvas body. They then bury the larvae and wait for the eggs to hatch. After hatching the tiny new wasps devour the larvae while it's still alive. Unpleasant for the grubbo I'd think.
This is Wrens hand, she asked if she could hold it and it is comically oversized.
Edit:/u/rocketmonkee made a helpful comment that provided more context, but isn't showing up. That comment stated:
To provide more context: Red Scale is an artist in Houston - you can also find him as Daniel Cesspooch in other social media, and a lot of his art focuses on designs with insects and other elements of nature. This particular wasp is found in Sumatra and Java, not Houston, and the specimen pictured here is not live.
Spartan2470 on July 22nd, 2021 at 13:39 UTC »
The source of this image is red.scale on Facebook. Per there:
Edit:/u/rocketmonkee made a helpful comment that provided more context, but isn't showing up. That comment stated:
False-Seaworthiness7 on July 22nd, 2021 at 14:02 UTC »
11 cm is longer than the length of the female Olympic volleyball teams bottoms
RadioMill on July 22nd, 2021 at 15:22 UTC »
Did you know there’s over 150 different species of wasps that can fuck right off?