Wasp vs Wolf Spider

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While looking out of my window this afternoon, I noticed a paralysed Wolf Spider being dragged across the lawn by a wasp. I knew that the wasp would look for a place to bury the spider, so I followed it. As expected, the wasp dug a small tunnel, inserted the spider, and then buried it alive.

Towards the end of the video, as the wasp fills the hole, it rapidly beats its abdomen against the gravel and some small rocks. I'm not exactly sure what this behaviour is. Perhaps egg-laying?
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[lllllllllllllllII]

The spider was still alive it will soon be eaten alive by the wasp larvae while paralyzed

[kelvikelv]

Even wasps get bothered by ants at their feast.

[chrismast]

wow it disposes of ants quick, , one ant leads to many in seconds, so its gotta deal quickly with them, , amazing

[LightsFuzzy]

Let's rename this video Wasp vs little ants

[jasongeerer]

Love how the wasp just takes it time bringing the spider back, if there is an ant nearby, he grabs a quick snack and continues the mission!!! So cool!

[outc]

Insects ain't dumb. That vibration of the abdomen is designed to make sure the dirt and the pebbles are settled in nicely and won't just blow away.

[bladeduffer]

I've seen this scene play out with these pepsis wasp and huge wolf spiders. Always, it's either the spider loses or run as fast as they can out of their burrows to avoid the wasp. It's amazing how, after a millions years of evolution nature tells them "Don't bother, you can't win."

[jmixOff]

Wasp throwing the ants away from the spider

[markjones]

When a video starts out with a grave being dug, I know it's gonna be badass.

[kimberlystanley]

Hell...the spider was eatin' up all the competition..

[rava]

The Wasp compacts the soil when it vibrates it body over the hole it has dug .

[coachalfamjbr]

this is epic, wasp vs ants over spider

[brianmck]

I can’t believe the spider hasn’t evolved enough to at least fight back, and stick those huge fangs into the wasp???

[AriBenDavid]

The rapid abdomen beats seem to be an effort to pulverize the ground and pack it down. Ovopositing all that time would seem unlikely.

[eightyeightkeys]

Great video! Wasp and hornets do so much to keep the numbers of spiders and various insects in check. I see so many videos of people killing wasp and hornet nest with shotguns, flame throwers, Raid. etc. Nature has a food chain in place to maintain balance. Thank you for not spraying the wasp, spider and ants with Raid and allowing us to see nature at work.

[Khumry]

very clever building a tomb making sure it dont flood too

[baltasarmelchor]

GREAT SCENE!!!!
incredible the fight of this wasp! imagine just for a moment that you are the wasp, and you fight against those monsters !!! much better than darksouls in VR
greetings from spain!!

[PINKluvr]

It lays its eggs on the spider inside the tunnel.. then buries it

[DarkVoidIII]

It's a wonder those ants didn't just wait until the wasp had moved away from the site and then burrowed into the hole the paralyzed spider was in. The ants know where dinner is, they'll probably swarm over it if the wasp didn't pack down the entrance firmly enough. There is another video where the ants stole a paralyzed spider while the wasp was digging it's hole out, and then the wasp made the fatal mistake of wandering into an antlion's sand trap.

[gaylenemorley]

Poor spiders do not have a chance living with wasp getting them