Not a fan of horror movies? There are thousands of them happening in your garden, with wasps being the dark overlords of such unspeakable depravity, they make Dracula look like a gentleman.

This year saw the discovery of two especially creepy new species.

The Xenomorph wasp, named after the killer creature in the Alien franchise.

A University of Adelaide PhD student has discovered a species of wasp that she has named Xenomorph – because its gruesome parasitic lifecycle echoes that of the gut-busting monster in the Alien movie franchise.

The species, Dolichogenidea xenomorph, injects its eggs into live caterpillars and the baby wasp larvae slowly eat the caterpillar from the inside out, bursting out once they have eaten their fill.

When the wasp larvae change into adult wasps, they immediately hunt for more caterpillars in which to lay their eggs. Just like in the movie – if you swap humans for the caterpillars.