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High drama: a wasp predating a spider - Araneus marmoreus
Copyright © 2008 Chris Adam

High drama: a wasp predating a spider - Araneus marmoreus
Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
September 12, 2008
Size: wasp about 2.5 cm long
This black and yellow wasp was feeding upon this spider, still in the web, in the University of NB woodlot. I took about 25 images and 2 short videos, of which these are the best 2.

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High drama: a wasp predating a spider - Araneus marmoreus High drama: a wasp predating a spider - Araneus marmoreus
Contributed by Chris Adam on 12 September, 2008 - 12:16pm
Last updated 7 October, 2009 - 9:25am

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… Lynette Schimming, 7 October, 2009 - 9:25am

From the angle on the second pic...
It appears to be the other way around, the spider is eating the wasp. Spider hunting wasps do not eat the spiders they catch instead they take it back to the nest to feed the larva that are going to hatch.
… Tleilaxu, 12 September, 2008 - 3:33pm

 
Yes, I hadn't thought of that
Yes, I hadn't thought of that. Anybody know the id of the wasp?
… Chris Adam, 15 September, 2008 - 6:36am

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