Because bugs aren't just for breakfast anymore...

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This picture is of what was once a wild caught Aphonopelma chalcodes Mexican Blonde tarantula spiderling. It was exceedingly plump, but did not appear to be ready to molt and something appeared to be out of place, so it was set aside. One week later, the tarantula began what appeared to be a legs down molt, despite having a light, rather than a dark, abdomen. The abdomen split on the sides relatively normally, but from there things went drastically wrong. Instead of a larger tarantula, the large, white organism to the left in the photo emerged. Yes, the organism is clearly larger than the remains of what was once a tarantula. It can be seen in the photo that the emerged creature is twice the length of the tarantula's abdomen. The size of the organism in this photo is approximately 1/2 inch, to give you an idea of scale. As of this writing, the organism is being cultured for possible identification in its adult form and appears to be in a state of pupation. Wasp larva? Possibly. It remains to be seen. Unfortunately, the tarantula is now only remains to be seen. Hopefully, there will be something learned from its ultimate sacrifice. 

An expired, but more fully developed and wasplike 'thing'. It most definitely was the larva of a wasp. Parasites of this type are not observed very often, and photographs of the emerged parasites are rarer still, which is why we chose to post these images.