Tarantula Hawk Wasp vs. Spider

Captured with a camera phone on a very early morning of a summer day in our house garden in Sidon, Lebanon.

Tarantula Hawk Wasps capture, sting, and paralyze the spider, then they either drag the spider back into their own burrow or transport their prey to a specially prepared nest where a single egg is laid on the spiders body, and the entrance is covered. The wasp larva, upon hatching, begins to suck the juices from the still-living spider. After the larva grows a bit, it plunges into the spider's body and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep it fresh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk

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[alloushz]

on the contrary the camera man was very brave as he got on his knees and brought the cam as close as possible but nothing could distract them away from their battle, just like mating cats

[thespartan65535]

FUCKING CAZADORS

[C8r8mel]

:)

[GODLOVEEESYOU]

I saw this live today in my room and i swear I saw the same coloured wasp ! That wasp is TANK !

[mickaykay99]

@leon1988204 I wld love to try to mate like that!!!! ;) wldnt you?!?

[beanie1r]

1:09 " you stay down you little bitch"

[Leon1988204]

Why can't humans mate like that? : /

[Hyenajaws]

Now I see where the inspiration for Cazadors come from in Fallout: New Vegas. I'd hate to imagine Nevada being a natural habitat for these little buggers though.

[mrtheblr]

I used to watch this go down on the playground at my elementary school as a kid. I noticed that the wasps would attack the cane spiders and kill them! I always wondered why... btw i live in hawaii, so we have this kind of stuff

[PAYA5O1996]

haha wasp kicked some ass!

[cathleen127]

Sooner or later we'll get a chance to see the Giant Tarantula species take on Pepsis Atrata, the largest of all wasps. The Giant Tarantula can have up to a 10" leg span while Pepsis Atrata can be 4" long with an inch long stinger. They both occur in the Amazon Jungle of South America.

[Zeldapop7]

hey has anyone seen cicada killers in washington dc... those things make me wish i lived in africa with those things O_O