Wait--do people not realize that Shakra is a parasitoid wasp? She's got the wasp waist and the long ovipositor of a braconid or ichneumon!
And of course, many female parasitoid wasps are mighty warriors, taking down prey bigger than themselves so their babies will have plenty to eat. Tarantula hawks fight tarantulas, in what is essentially like confronting a grizzly bear in hand-to-hand combat!





