Beewolf Wasp Poem by Ima Ryma

The beewolf wasp does kill a bee,
Then takes it into the wasp nest,
Laying eggs in the bee body,
Deep in the carcass eggs are pressed.
The wasp does leave and her eggs do
A making of nitric oxide.
Around the nest this gas does spew,
Protecting from threats from outside.
When it's time for the eggs to hatch,
The young wasps then do feed upon
The dead bee - lots of protein, natch.
Soon afterwards the wasps fly on.

A defense that's hard to surpass.
An egg survives by passing gas.