Spider eating wasp, Pompilidae Sp. with it's Rain Spider ( Palystes superciliosus) prey 3 Stock Image
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Description
The adult wasps actually eats nectar, the female stings and paralises the spider and then drags it to her burrow. There she lays a single egg on it. Because the spider is not dead, the meat stays fresh and the larvae eat the spider alive.
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Keywords
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