"Paralysed but still very much alive, the spider is carried by the wasp back to its nest and carefully placed in the burrow. Now the female lays her egg on it. Only one egg is laid in one burrow because the stored food is sufficient for only one offspring. The female may repeat the whole process many times. A week or ten days later the egg hatches and the larva finds a large stock of still-living food immediately available. After coming out of the egg the maggot penetrates the spider’s cuticle and slowly eats it, leaving the vital organs, such as the heart, until last."
http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug29/sunday/nature.htm
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