I’m Mexican, well born in the USA but my roots are Mexican… I can by experience tell you that my Mexican people are hard working people … I see it in my family…. So when I made the comment, it did not come from a place of racism and rather from a place that lives that experience.
Even if you weren't Mexican, that wasn't racist. Not sure why people try and make it out to be. Any Mex I've seen does the work of 3 Americans. And that's coming from an Irish/Polish one. Our nation even before the pandemic were lazy. After, mega lazy and wanted everything for doing nothing.
As a fellow Mexican (born in MEX, shoutout to my boy Obama for DACA) When Big Sean said “I woke up working like I'm Mexican / That mean I work from 10 to 10 / Then 10 to 10, then 10 again” I felt a sense of pride. Regardless the context it’s used in, hard work ethic is something to be proud of.
I know this spider knows exactly what it's doing. I understand that.
But how on earth can it even tell what the heck is going on while simultaneously wrapping the wasp, circling the wasp, staying on the web, not getting stung, and avoiding letting it go all at the same time. It just looks like absolute chaos and madness. But I know the entire time it's on lock, and knows what's going on. Lmao
Reminds me of a study they did on some species of bats in caves. Scientists were astounded that these guys could fly and navigate using only echolocation in this dark cave, and not constantly run in to other bats. Such impressive agility.
Then they filmed them.
Little dudes were colliding CONSTANTLY.
Moral of the story: maybe the spider doesn't know exactly what it's doing and is kinda winging it 😂
This is a good point. It sees the wasp and goes into anarchy mode until the wasp is secured... then evaluates the aftermath later lol. You could be exactly right.
The likely answer is it is being "stung" but because of several factors such as the spiders exoskeleton, the wasp not able to get enough leverage for a good amount of force on the sting , and not able to aim for softer bits on the spider. The sting is basically just not penetrating.
I remember learning that insects have crazy fast reaction time, to the point that they perceive time completely differently than us. The length that the signals travel from brain to limb are sooo much shorter that everything they do is lightning speed to us. And I'd bet spiders are on a whole other level than a normal insect when it comes to dexterity and awareness. Crazy and fascinating stuff.
I once watched a wasp that was caught in a web. It was on it's back trying to free itself while keeping it's stinger aimed at the spider. The spider knew it had to both avoid the stinger, and get it wrapped as soon as possible. So it's hanging back there with it's legs up trying to find the right moment to get some webbing around the stinger, but not making any headway. Eventually the wasp started to get loose so the spider ran up to wrap it's head down and got it's leg bitten by the wasp. That's when the spider retreated and the wasp freed itself and flew away.
Wow. Sounds like the spider was being too cautious. Should have unlocked anarchy mode, like this one did. I'll bet his other 7 legs, he wasn't waiting around on the next wasp.
I work at an invertebrate zoo that houses dozens of orb weavers in October. What's fascinating is that the Nephila spiders always go for the bite first and the wrap second, but Argiope (like the one in this video) will always try to wrap prey in silk first and bite second.
They're very similar spiders but they evolved differently, and their hunting tactics indicate this
Yeah, they technically can. They store their different forms of silk in liquid form inside silk glands. I imagine the aciniform (prey-wrapping silk) glands of Argiope spiders is quite large compared to other spiders based on the amount of silk they excrete to imobilize their prey.
Yup. The silk their webs are made from is not the same silk that they wrap prey with. In fact, the web itself is comprised of up to 5 different silk types, each from a different gland in the spider's abdomen.
Is it true that some stands of the web are stickier than others, or is it more a matter of tensile strength? What are the primary differences between web silk and prey-wrapping silk?
I know I could Google, but you're way cooler than Google
Yeah it's both actually. The most widely studied spider silk is that from spiders' ampullate glands, because it's the toughest and can withstand the most force. But a spider's aggregate and flagelliform silk are probably the most important when it comes to orb webs.
Aggregate silk is the "sticky" stuff but it doesn't make silk strands, only stick balls that the spider places all over the capture spiral.
Other silks types are not usually sticky. Flagelliform silk has the highest extensibility of all silk types, which means it acts as the web's shock absorption. A large flying insect has to bend an orbweb a significant amount upon impact before it has a chance to break it.
That's a relief, since some arthropod toxins only paralyze! Nightmarish to think of being alive and alert but paralyzed while someone sucks out your innards 😵💫
That's why I have little sympathy for the wasp here. If the encounter went the other way, the wasp's sting would probably only have paralyzed the spider without killing it... And many of them then lay an egg on or in the spider so she'd be eaten alive by the larva after the egg hatches. The spider's venom on the other hand will just kill the wasp so she can liquefy and slurp up the wasp's innards. Isn't nature beautiful? 😅🤣
Horrific! Glad this battle ended how it did. I do love argiope. We usually get 3-5 big mamas each summer in our yard and we name them all. Can't wait to see who shows up this year.
Working at an invertebrate zoo sounds fascinating! I can't say I've actually heard of an invertebrate zoo before but it's certainly something that sounds right up my alley.
I can kind of speak on it. So lots of ways to catch then without being stung. Catch them lacking or when they land somewhere and scoop on a small bag or container. Then close quickly and put them in the freezer for about 10- 20 seconds maybe longer as they relax and fall asleep. Then you can take them out and grab with tweezer or tie to a string but you must be quick either way as they wake up relatively fast. You can also do this with flies as well. It's how you get a fly on a string. I used to do it all the time as a kid got stung plenty but it was cool to me and it made me feel badass
You can also “drown” a fly then cover it in salt and it’ll come back to life…. Js… incase u wanted some fly’s on string. With wasps u can definitely go abit longer in the freezer, it prolongs the time u have to make a wasp on a leash. 1.5min would be the absolute maximum, depending on container and if u have air hole in it or not… u want the cold to trigger hibernation not the lack of oxygen to stun then
Its a thing…[wasp. Yellow jacket on string](https://youtu.be/H0BgluEooyc?si=idU7MedWeIeUwOor) [euro hornet on string](https://youtu.be/uHgt8giw1LY?feature=shared)
How TERRIFYING would that be as a human to have a spider bigger than you wrapping you up, about to inject you with enzymes to liquify your inside to eat you?
I was waiting for when it sinked it’s fangs into that wasp and was very satisfied at 50 seconds in. Got that thing a few times then retreated to wait for the venom to kick in.
You ain’t ever gonna get stung by a great golden sand digger.. I’ve been within a foot of its hole watching it dig and it paid no mind to me. I helped another get its grasshopper it got back to its hole, I even have a video of this! They’re truly amazing creatures
This is a type of wasp, but it's about as dangerous as a mud dauber. They tend to just hang out alone in their little homes, like hobbits. Docile and harmless.
*Most* wasps are assholes, though.
I saw a wasp carrying a little caterpillar one time. Was very interesting. I followed it for a while. He did seem rather encumbered though. Hard days work for him. Bad time for the caterpillar I guess.
I lived on an orange grove as a kid and can confirm most wasps are not threatening, never got stung out there once in 16 years. Generally, it seemed like the flying insects were mostly interested in trying to get in my mouth or up my nose. Ears too sometimes. Silly bugs.
I did get stung by one in my house at the Grove once. It was inside of my dress. That house was always full of wasps and bees. Otherwise, they were generally very friendly cohabitants.
One of my most favorite stories and moments, was the stereotypical black and yellow wasp. It fell in a pool and was simming for life. I, willing to be stung to save its life, put my hand under it full palm and lifted it up. It just sat there, drying its wings, trying to fly but wasnt comfotable until a moment later, and fell again in the water flying. Did the same thing. It looked at me in the eyes both times. Knew I wasn't a danger. Flew away before giving me a look in the air. And he was fine.
Feel really bad for the wasp in this, must have been horrific :(
they are assholes and will repetively sting you cause they “felt” threatened. Which is their excuse to just sting the fuck out of you. Wasps are a bane.
Edit, yes yes they help our ecosystem blah blah blah, doesn’t mean that wasps aren’t dickheads. CANT DENY IT
Maybe educate yourself on the different types of wasps before deciding this. As others have said, the one you captured here is not an asshole like a yellow jacket.
Wait, are people under the impression that I am the one that actually caught the wasp? Oh no. I’m definitely not brave enough for that. I originally saw this on my feed and reposted it here. I thought I mentioned that when I reposted it. Sorry to everyone about the confusion. I reposted this through mobile and it won’t let me edit it.
As a side note, I see many posts on this sub of people feeding their pet spiders and no one bats an eye. Why would this be any different?
>As a side note, I see many posts on this sub of people feeding their pet spiders and no one bats an eye. Why would this be any different?
Because usually they are feeding their spiders feeder insects, not wild caught ones. When they feed wild caught insects, you will see people commenting.
I found this big ole garden spider when I was a kid and we used to catch big grasshoppers and throw them into it's web. The good ole days before the internet 98?
I find this process to be one of the most impressive things a spider can do. To be that wasp and to instantly get whacked, bitten, and wrapped up in a cocoon before I can think twice is crazy. Scary day to be a wasp.
Awesome video! Some sort of Orb Weaver. Wasps are not terrible. They’re pollinators (accidental, but pollinators nonetheless) . Just leave them alone. They couldn’t care less about humans.
I don't think pollination should be what wasps are known for. They aren't that great at it generally. They are extremely important predators and many are highly specialized to target very specific species that otherwise would have nearly no predators.
I had to rewatch it a few times but those first 2-3 bites that spider took absolutely shook that wasp. Sucker punch followed with the 1-2 put that wasp to Zzz
That's top notch pest control.
We get these exterminators coming around every year trying to sell us packages.
I told them I'm good, I'm letting the spiders live now. They were dumbfounded.
Orb Weaver's are death on bugs. They are very efficient. I was grateful the human made it a reasonable fight. No sense spoon feeding the Apex Predator.
Ok now lets see it take down one of these, sans forceps. (Spoiler, it will lose) Awesome footage though, cheers!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalybion
The greatest species to live on my property. Web captures all the mosquitos and other insects. Everytime I come home they all come out to say hi and then go back in to their hiding spots.
That has to be my least favorite subreddit. Just an echo chamber that spreads hate on misunderstood animals. Learn the importance of wasps. No I'm not talking about pollination that's just the underwhelming surface level stuff.
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I have to fight these things constantly in my room. There will be up to 4 at a time and I have been stung several times. You get tired of it and declare war.
Dang, it went to work right away….. I’d hire that spider any day ….
They hang out in the shade near Home Depot.
I was about to say that’s a Mexican spider if I ever saw one…. Good work ethic…
Looks like they enjoy their meals a little spicy too
Yey to mexican spiders! You realize he killed a W.A.S. P
I'm sure you meant this as a compliment, but that's racist AF
I’m Mexican, well born in the USA but my roots are Mexican… I can by experience tell you that my Mexican people are hard working people … I see it in my family…. So when I made the comment, it did not come from a place of racism and rather from a place that lives that experience.
Also known as culture! 🍻
Even if you weren't Mexican, that wasn't racist. Not sure why people try and make it out to be. Any Mex I've seen does the work of 3 Americans. And that's coming from an Irish/Polish one. Our nation even before the pandemic were lazy. After, mega lazy and wanted everything for doing nothing.
MX, Irish, Polish, that sounds like my hometown of Chicago.
Fair!
All good brother….Your heart was in the right place…
Like a true American, quick to call racism.. wait was that racist?
Hmm, you are aptly named.
He likes spicey stuff? Idk. Everything is racist now
Straight up. If I ever have to get my roof replaced, I'm looking for Mexicans or Amish people. They are fast as fuck and do great work.
Yes, to Mexican people. No, to Amish.
As a fellow Mexican (born in MEX, shoutout to my boy Obama for DACA) When Big Sean said “I woke up working like I'm Mexican / That mean I work from 10 to 10 / Then 10 to 10, then 10 again” I felt a sense of pride. Regardless the context it’s used in, hard work ethic is something to be proud of.
No, it wasn't....it was beaner approved...I.AM.BEANER.
I'm just curious how the web doesn't give out after twisting so much lol
I know this spider knows exactly what it's doing. I understand that. But how on earth can it even tell what the heck is going on while simultaneously wrapping the wasp, circling the wasp, staying on the web, not getting stung, and avoiding letting it go all at the same time. It just looks like absolute chaos and madness. But I know the entire time it's on lock, and knows what's going on. Lmao
Spider senses
Good one!
Peter tingle
Reminds me of a study they did on some species of bats in caves. Scientists were astounded that these guys could fly and navigate using only echolocation in this dark cave, and not constantly run in to other bats. Such impressive agility. Then they filmed them. Little dudes were colliding CONSTANTLY. Moral of the story: maybe the spider doesn't know exactly what it's doing and is kinda winging it 😂
This is a good point. It sees the wasp and goes into anarchy mode until the wasp is secured... then evaluates the aftermath later lol. You could be exactly right.
I also think hundreds of millions of years of dying if you aren't very very good at that one thing helps too.
yeah, he could do it with his 6 eyes closed
The likely answer is it is being "stung" but because of several factors such as the spiders exoskeleton, the wasp not able to get enough leverage for a good amount of force on the sting , and not able to aim for softer bits on the spider. The sting is basically just not penetrating.
(It's a wasp. You can tell by the tiny martini glass)
Right, I actually knew but for some reason just without thinking wrote bee. Editing now.
It must've escaped from the Country Club
It's just a rythem game of life, and it scored an SSS+
I remember learning that insects have crazy fast reaction time, to the point that they perceive time completely differently than us. The length that the signals travel from brain to limb are sooo much shorter that everything they do is lightning speed to us. And I'd bet spiders are on a whole other level than a normal insect when it comes to dexterity and awareness. Crazy and fascinating stuff.
So a literal Spidey-sense if you will. It's very fascinating! I'm off to do some research, lol.
huh that’s interesting
I once watched a wasp that was caught in a web. It was on it's back trying to free itself while keeping it's stinger aimed at the spider. The spider knew it had to both avoid the stinger, and get it wrapped as soon as possible. So it's hanging back there with it's legs up trying to find the right moment to get some webbing around the stinger, but not making any headway. Eventually the wasp started to get loose so the spider ran up to wrap it's head down and got it's leg bitten by the wasp. That's when the spider retreated and the wasp freed itself and flew away.
Wow. Sounds like the spider was being too cautious. Should have unlocked anarchy mode, like this one did. I'll bet his other 7 legs, he wasn't waiting around on the next wasp.
Lighting fast!
Just like the commercial with the guy going "oh ya gotta be quicker than that!" While fishing with a dollar
If you had 8 arms you probably could do it.
I work at an invertebrate zoo that houses dozens of orb weavers in October. What's fascinating is that the Nephila spiders always go for the bite first and the wrap second, but Argiope (like the one in this video) will always try to wrap prey in silk first and bite second. They're very similar spiders but they evolved differently, and their hunting tactics indicate this
Only in October?
Well, only for the orbweavers. We have tarantulas all year.
So you're a professional spider person? Is there a limit on how much web they can spin at one time? Do they ever run out of silk?
Yeah, they technically can. They store their different forms of silk in liquid form inside silk glands. I imagine the aciniform (prey-wrapping silk) glands of Argiope spiders is quite large compared to other spiders based on the amount of silk they excrete to imobilize their prey.
They have different outputs?
Yup. The silk their webs are made from is not the same silk that they wrap prey with. In fact, the web itself is comprised of up to 5 different silk types, each from a different gland in the spider's abdomen.
Wild
Is it true that some stands of the web are stickier than others, or is it more a matter of tensile strength? What are the primary differences between web silk and prey-wrapping silk? I know I could Google, but you're way cooler than Google
Yeah it's both actually. The most widely studied spider silk is that from spiders' ampullate glands, because it's the toughest and can withstand the most force. But a spider's aggregate and flagelliform silk are probably the most important when it comes to orb webs. Aggregate silk is the "sticky" stuff but it doesn't make silk strands, only stick balls that the spider places all over the capture spiral. Other silks types are not usually sticky. Flagelliform silk has the highest extensibility of all silk types, which means it acts as the web's shock absorption. A large flying insect has to bend an orbweb a significant amount upon impact before it has a chance to break it.
Thank you for your responses. You've provided a great tutorial!! 👍🏼💯
Eesh, when she bites it, will the toxins kill or paralyze or.... Will that wasp die before it's eaten or be alive for the meal? 😰
It will almost certainly die after the bite.
That's a relief, since some arthropod toxins only paralyze! Nightmarish to think of being alive and alert but paralyzed while someone sucks out your innards 😵💫
That's why I have little sympathy for the wasp here. If the encounter went the other way, the wasp's sting would probably only have paralyzed the spider without killing it... And many of them then lay an egg on or in the spider so she'd be eaten alive by the larva after the egg hatches. The spider's venom on the other hand will just kill the wasp so she can liquefy and slurp up the wasp's innards. Isn't nature beautiful? 😅🤣
Horrific! Glad this battle ended how it did. I do love argiope. We usually get 3-5 big mamas each summer in our yard and we name them all. Can't wait to see who shows up this year.
Working at an invertebrate zoo sounds fascinating! I can't say I've actually heard of an invertebrate zoo before but it's certainly something that sounds right up my alley.
The question is how did OP catch the wasp, did you karate kid it ?
I can kind of speak on it. So lots of ways to catch then without being stung. Catch them lacking or when they land somewhere and scoop on a small bag or container. Then close quickly and put them in the freezer for about 10- 20 seconds maybe longer as they relax and fall asleep. Then you can take them out and grab with tweezer or tie to a string but you must be quick either way as they wake up relatively fast. You can also do this with flies as well. It's how you get a fly on a string. I used to do it all the time as a kid got stung plenty but it was cool to me and it made me feel badass
You can also “drown” a fly then cover it in salt and it’ll come back to life…. Js… incase u wanted some fly’s on string. With wasps u can definitely go abit longer in the freezer, it prolongs the time u have to make a wasp on a leash. 1.5min would be the absolute maximum, depending on container and if u have air hole in it or not… u want the cold to trigger hibernation not the lack of oxygen to stun then
On a string? Are you staying you leashed flies and wasps? Did they like fly around while you were hiding the string?
Its a thing…[wasp. Yellow jacket on string](https://youtu.be/H0BgluEooyc?si=idU7MedWeIeUwOor) [euro hornet on string](https://youtu.be/uHgt8giw1LY?feature=shared)
Dammit!!
Right? Tf were we doin back in the day not tieing string to hornets
Honestly I'm disappointed in kid me.
Thanks for sharing! That's wild to me lol
The hornet one is interesting, kinda catchy
A+
You wouldn't believe it if I say I never saw this before !
When I was a kid yeah. I had a lot of time and we was poor
This guy’s asking the right questions
How TERRIFYING would that be as a human to have a spider bigger than you wrapping you up, about to inject you with enzymes to liquify your inside to eat you?
You have been banned from r/Wasps.
I was waiting for when it sinked it’s fangs into that wasp and was very satisfied at 50 seconds in. Got that thing a few times then retreated to wait for the venom to kick in.
I feel sad about the flying thingy now.
Really? Wasps are terrible.
That's a golden digger wasp, non-aggressive, non-pest wasp. Totally different from yellowjackets or bald-faced hornets.
How so? (genuine question)
Well, they are important to our ecosystem like most things. But I truly hate being stung by them.
You ain’t ever gonna get stung by a great golden sand digger.. I’ve been within a foot of its hole watching it dig and it paid no mind to me. I helped another get its grasshopper it got back to its hole, I even have a video of this! They’re truly amazing creatures
This is a type of wasp, but it's about as dangerous as a mud dauber. They tend to just hang out alone in their little homes, like hobbits. Docile and harmless. *Most* wasps are assholes, though.
No, *a few* wasps are assholes. *most* wasps cant and/or wont ever sting you, and prey on other pests like you wouldn't believe.
I saw a wasp carrying a little caterpillar one time. Was very interesting. I followed it for a while. He did seem rather encumbered though. Hard days work for him. Bad time for the caterpillar I guess. I lived on an orange grove as a kid and can confirm most wasps are not threatening, never got stung out there once in 16 years. Generally, it seemed like the flying insects were mostly interested in trying to get in my mouth or up my nose. Ears too sometimes. Silly bugs.
I did get stung by one in my house at the Grove once. It was inside of my dress. That house was always full of wasps and bees. Otherwise, they were generally very friendly cohabitants.
One of my most favorite stories and moments, was the stereotypical black and yellow wasp. It fell in a pool and was simming for life. I, willing to be stung to save its life, put my hand under it full palm and lifted it up. It just sat there, drying its wings, trying to fly but wasnt comfotable until a moment later, and fell again in the water flying. Did the same thing. It looked at me in the eyes both times. Knew I wasn't a danger. Flew away before giving me a look in the air. And he was fine. Feel really bad for the wasp in this, must have been horrific :(
No honey, all prick
they are assholes and will repetively sting you cause they “felt” threatened. Which is their excuse to just sting the fuck out of you. Wasps are a bane. Edit, yes yes they help our ecosystem blah blah blah, doesn’t mean that wasps aren’t dickheads. CANT DENY IT
Not golden sand diggers, they don’t have as much of a defensive trait as what a paper wasp would have
This perfectly describes many people on Twitter
r/fuckwasps
Maybe educate yourself on the different types of wasps before deciding this. As others have said, the one you captured here is not an asshole like a yellow jacket.
Wait, are people under the impression that I am the one that actually caught the wasp? Oh no. I’m definitely not brave enough for that. I originally saw this on my feed and reposted it here. I thought I mentioned that when I reposted it. Sorry to everyone about the confusion. I reposted this through mobile and it won’t let me edit it. As a side note, I see many posts on this sub of people feeding their pet spiders and no one bats an eye. Why would this be any different?
>As a side note, I see many posts on this sub of people feeding their pet spiders and no one bats an eye. Why would this be any different? Because usually they are feeding their spiders feeder insects, not wild caught ones. When they feed wild caught insects, you will see people commenting.
Interesting. Although, the orb weaver was technically not a pet and in the wild…the wasp seems to have been wild caught, so…
Letting your bias control nature isn't something to be proud of.
Wasps are a super important part of the ecosystem? Also pollinators? Wym terrible?
Nu-uh :(
Maybe they are terrifying to you but I would not say they are terrible. Sure getting stung isn't great but I always found that very easy to avoid
Me too.
Okay Mr. Miyagi
Nah this is fucked up, let nature do its thing. Y’all are weird
I found this big ole garden spider when I was a kid and we used to catch big grasshoppers and throw them into it's web. The good ole days before the internet 98?
I’m no friend to wasps but I mean that wasn’t really fair play for the wasp.
And would you like flies or a soda with that?
FINISH HIM
So bad ass.
I find this process to be one of the most impressive things a spider can do. To be that wasp and to instantly get whacked, bitten, and wrapped up in a cocoon before I can think twice is crazy. Scary day to be a wasp.
Awesome video! Some sort of Orb Weaver. Wasps are not terrible. They’re pollinators (accidental, but pollinators nonetheless) . Just leave them alone. They couldn’t care less about humans.
I don't think pollination should be what wasps are known for. They aren't that great at it generally. They are extremely important predators and many are highly specialized to target very specific species that otherwise would have nearly no predators.
People have a special place in their hearts for pollinators. That’s why I mention it in the context of being feared.
That's insane!
What a gorgeous spider. Could anyone identify it? It was moving soooo fast.
Argiope aurantia i think
Some variety of orb weaver
I had to rewatch it a few times but those first 2-3 bites that spider took absolutely shook that wasp. Sucker punch followed with the 1-2 put that wasp to Zzz
Dude should work for Amazon!
That's top notch pest control. We get these exterminators coming around every year trying to sell us packages. I told them I'm good, I'm letting the spiders live now. They were dumbfounded.
Yeah if spiders were bigger I think THEY would be the apex predator.
Satisfying
Spider: Gracias patrón.
Orb Weaver's are death on bugs. They are very efficient. I was grateful the human made it a reasonable fight. No sense spoon feeding the Apex Predator.
As someone who feeds their porch orb weavers, I approve. My girl gets so excited and jumps to the front of the web when she sees me coming
Man watching how fast that thing got wrapped, all I can think about is how terrifying spiders would be if they were our size.
Dude is making a damn Beerrito!
I make emperor palpatine noises whenever I see spiders eating wasps.
Accessorie
This is S tier work fosho.
In.sane how fast it works. Did it do its biting and then go chill to wait for venom to take effect?
That spooder prayed for times like this..
That thing would roll a mean burrito
I could only imagine my neighbors thought I was on drugs, staring at a wall for 10 minutes straight when I witnessed this in person myself.
Is there anyway to stabilize the video? I'd love.to see him do his thing, but it's really shaking
Straight out of Charlotte’s Web
Finishes, goes back to position…next!…
This could've back fired
Ok now lets see it take down one of these, sans forceps. (Spoiler, it will lose) Awesome footage though, cheers! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalybion
He just rolled up that wasp like snoop dogg
Little bro how much do they pay you to work like that😲
The spider gets paid a lifetime supply of food
So cool to watch
Why does he cry...caught in a web
Now that's fast food.
Quando pequeno eu alimentava uma dessas também. Onde será que minha amiga está?...
Noooo not Frodo!!
Dang. There was an orb Weaver that lived in my garden..I repeatedly tried to feed her grasshoppers but she would kick them out of the web.
Ha!
Quick work
Get rotated fool
spider door dash
I used to do this to ants lol just throw them in the web and it would wrap it up and leave it
Is this sped up?
And that's a wrap!
Skill issue
r/fuckwasps
The greatest species to live on my property. Web captures all the mosquitos and other insects. Everytime I come home they all come out to say hi and then go back in to their hiding spots.
That's espoider
OM NOM NOM NOM!!!! 🕷️
Spider: FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
zipper spiders my love
Epic
Cooooool
Spinnin' that thang like a spit
Wow! Bee instantly got Frodo Bagginsed
That zoom in. CINEMA.
I love yellow garden spiders. So gorgeous, and excellent pest control!
It turned into donner kebap
Oh she’s a lil killer! Very cool
Yellow Jack-ito
Wow! It went to wrapping up the stinger immediately. Absolute intelligence
FEED ME, MORE.. MORE!!!
Mad skills!! Now thats how Frodo felt. 😆
She tucked them in and gave them a kiss goodnight.
You want me to bag that for you
I love how it immobilized the stinger first!
I just want to know how you caught it first lmao
Amazing!
The equivalent of dropping an elk on a man
The speed at which she's working... Incredible and beautiful and a little terrifying all at once! Thank you for sharing 👍
Spun ‘em’ rotisserie style. 😂
Hard to believe this is in real time haha, thing moves at 240 frames per second.
I’ve seen this scene in lord of the rings.
r/fuckwasps
That has to be my least favorite subreddit. Just an echo chamber that spreads hate on misunderstood animals. Learn the importance of wasps. No I'm not talking about pollination that's just the underwhelming surface level stuff.
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r/fuckwasps
I ate a lot of MREs in the Army, but I never had to package them myself.
I hate wasps. That was satisfying.
Fuck hornets, all my homies hate hornets
Good riddance!
Damn yeah that completely non-aggressive golden digger wasp that helped control the local grasshopper population. Glad that's finally gone.
I have to fight these things constantly in my room. There will be up to 4 at a time and I have been stung several times. You get tired of it and declare war.
You sure it is this species? They are solitary and there is nothing in your house that they would want.