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Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard

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Syntretus Perlmani is the first wasp found to infect adult fruit flies.

The wasp matures inside the bodies of living fruit flies before bursting out of them.

Similar wasp species are known to target flies during their younger, more vulnerable larva and pupa life stages.