COVID-19: Coimbatore reports 2,236 new cases, 20 deaths
The Hindu
Coimbatore district on Thursday reported 2,236 new cases of COVID-19. The district had 21,184 active cases of the disease. The Health Department said that 5,057 persons recovered from the disease on T
Coimbatore district on Thursday reported 2,236 new cases of COVID-19. The district had 21,184 active cases of the disease. The Health Department said that 5,057 persons recovered from the disease on Thursday. A total of 20 more persons from the district died of COVID-19, taking the official death toll to 1,658.“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.