Yuk, but fascinating.

May 11, 2006 1:41 AM

Spider-eating wasp
Within a couple of seconds the wasp enclosed the spider within its legs spinning it round biting off all the spiders legs in quick succession then biting its head off
posted by atticus (11 comments total)

While it's a lovely shot, a single link post to a single photograph (with comments from other people, which is where the quote comes from) does not a good FPP make.
posted by antifuse at 2:36 AM on May 11, 2006

You suck.
posted by Mayor Curley at 2:40 AM on May 11, 2006

Neat story, but the picture doesn't really carry it. I don't know if I could figure out what was going on from the picture alone.
posted by brundlefly at 2:40 AM on May 11, 2006

I prefer the wasp that incapicates a tarantula then lays an egg in it's abdomen so that the spider stays alive (and fresh) until the wasp larvae hatches and eats it alive. From the inside.
posted by PenDevil at 2:43 AM on May 11, 2006

You're obviously not a tarantula.
posted by brundlefly at 2:47 AM on May 11, 2006

It would have been great, had this been a video.
posted by acrobat at 2:57 AM on May 11, 2006

i prefer the wasp that attacks a cockroach, injects venom, turns it into its zombie, climbs up on its back and drives it home to its nest before laying eggs inside its corpse so the babies can feast on it. hell yeah!
posted by sergeant sandwich at 3:02 AM on May 11, 2006

Oh wow, an amateur photograph with a blurry wasphead! Did the spider bite off the period at the end of your sentence, as well?
posted by Zombie Dreams at 3:11 AM on May 11, 2006

Meh. Let me know if it can take on a praying mantis.
posted by swordfishtrombones at 3:16 AM on May 11, 2006

i concede to mr_crash_davis. the mantis definitely has it.
posted by atticus at 3:31 AM on May 11, 2006

It would have been impressive if the wasp was consuming a portobello mushroom.
posted by Devils Slide at 3:52 AM on May 11, 2006