>>4905867
That reminds me, one of those is Strepsiptera, and every single part of their lifecycle is cursed. It's not even proof that there's no god, it's proof that Satan exists and he rules the world.

>the females live as maggot-like parasites inside other insects, with only their heads sticking out (pic), while the mobile males only exist to reproduce and die within hours
>In all strepsipterans the male mates by rupturing the female's cuticle. Sperm passes through the opening directly into the body in a process called traumatic insemination
>Strepsiptera eggs hatch inside the female, and the planidium larvae can move around freely within the female's haemocoel [blood]; this behavior is unique to these insects. The offspring consume their mother from the inside in a process known as haemocoelous viviparity. Each female produces many thousands of planidium larvae. The larvae emerge from the brood opening/canal on the female's head, which protrudes outside the host body.
>When the larvae latch onto a host, they enter it by secreting enzymes that soften the cuticle, usually in the abdominal region of the host. Some species have been reported to enter the eggs of hosts.
>Once inside the host, they undergo hypermetamorphosis and transform into a less-mobile, legless larval form. They induce the host to produce a bag-like structure inside which they feed and grow. This structure, made from host tissue, protects them from the immune defences of the host. Larvae go through four more instars, and in each moult the older cuticle separates but is not discarded, so multiple layers form around the larvae.
>The colour and shape of the host's abdomen may be changed and the host usually becomes sterile. Females may occupy up to 90% of the abdominal volume of their hosts.

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