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Paul Dudley | all galleries >> Sydney and Suburbs >> Wildlife in Suburban Sydney > Wasp with spider
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12-DEC-2016 Paul Dudley

Wasp with spider

Frances's kitchen window (outside)

The wasp was dragging the spider (paralysed, I am informed) up the glass. It lost
its foothold on the glass several times, but kept trying. This was a big wasp – body
length about 18 - 20 mm. Definitely a more scary beast than the spider!

Olympus STYLUS1,1s
1/160s f/4.5 at 64.3mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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cits_4_pets17-Aug-2021 21:50
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This wasp looks like it would cause a bit of pain and for some reason being bright red looks even more nasty. Great capture! v
Markus Grompe12-Aug-2021 14:28
insect wars... I saw a spider-wasp fight in Western Australia once... the wasp was bright blue and looked monstrous..
Bob B.07-Nov-2020 13:24
Great shot! It was only paralyzed. Food for the next generation of wasps. V