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Thats horrid !
Tarantula Hawk
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Saviour,
"Nature's red, in tooth and claw" < and the stings of pompilids>
What's so horrid about a wasp doing what it needs to do in order to carry on its generations:? On occasion, the tarantula prevails, drags the wasp down into its lair, and makes a waspslurpy!
"Nature's red, in tooth and claw" < and the stings of pompilids>
What's so horrid about a wasp doing what it needs to do in order to carry on its generations:? On occasion, the tarantula prevails, drags the wasp down into its lair, and makes a waspslurpy!
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WOOO !! WASP SLURPY !! GO T ! I love ts !
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to be truthful, i dont squish anything. It would be hypocritical of me to get mad at people who squash spiders and then turn around and squash a wasp.
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Just an update about the spider I have that was stung...
She seems to be doing a lot better, and even walking around a bit. Still very sluggish, but coming along.
The same night I found that tarantula, I also saw annother wasp + spider duo that had be run over, bad news for both. The good news was that I knew that it must be a good area for tarantulas, so I came back the next day and sure enough, I found burrows and was able to collect some unstung spiders...if you see a lot of pepsis flying about, that could be an indicator that you're in good tarantula habitat.
The pepsis I found did end up biting the dust, but not because I hated it but because I wanted it for my pinned insect collection
Wade
She seems to be doing a lot better, and even walking around a bit. Still very sluggish, but coming along.
The same night I found that tarantula, I also saw annother wasp + spider duo that had be run over, bad news for both. The good news was that I knew that it must be a good area for tarantulas, so I came back the next day and sure enough, I found burrows and was able to collect some unstung spiders...if you see a lot of pepsis flying about, that could be an indicator that you're in good tarantula habitat.
The pepsis I found did end up biting the dust, but not because I hated it but because I wanted it for my pinned insect collection
Wade
Ghrankenstein
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Actually, wasps have a lot of active, vivid behaviors. Sitting quietly in a patch of woods, or just about any habitat really, will reveal an abundance of diligent little hymenopterans. While the beetles will be, basically, walking along, the caterpillars are gorging, and the butterflies fluttering, the wasps will generally be doing something technical, with multiple steps, oblivious to your curiosity.
I've said it a million times, but I love 'em all! =D
Ghrankenstein
I've said it a million times, but I love 'em all! =D
Ghrankenstein