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Small-headed hump-backed spider flies are a nightmare - if you are a spider!

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Most people are familiar with spider hunting wasps, but have you ever heard of flies that kill spiders?
All known species of flies in the family Acroceridae - otherwise known as 'spider flies' - are internal parasites of spiders. Their larvae feed inside spiders. It’s how the larvae manage to get inside the spider that makes this story interesting.
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@thisearththeonlyheaven 9 месяцев назад

I've never heard about these flies before. Added to my list of things to look for in the garden. 😊 Cheers

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for commenting! They are a bit unusual aren't they?!

@Chickenandfriends-dj4vt 8 месяцев назад

Me too!

@adamiadamiadami 9 месяцев назад

Your narration hits all the right notes. You got a great voice for this! Thank you for sharing information about this fascinating creature with us!

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you! Awesome comment!

@Dahaka-rd6tw 8 месяцев назад

@@oneminutebugs Coul you do video on Gladiator Insects or Mantophasmatodea? I was introduced to these insects through 'Weird n Wild' cards.

@darkstarmatter5678 8 месяцев назад

no. Too weird. And wild. @@Dahaka-rd6tw

@Dahaka-rd6tw 8 месяцев назад

@@darkstarmatter5678 Not at all compared to flies who evolved to take same lifestyle as spider wasp. It just that there's barely any videos about these guys in RU-vid

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

@@Dahaka-rd6tw My list for future videos is getting longer and longer! 😃

@lissakaye610 9 месяцев назад

Certain flys are nightmare fuel… like the bat fly. It’s crazy it doesn’t hurt them, but they are so creepy!

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Ah yes bat flies! There's a good topic for a video. Thanks!

@victory8928 8 месяцев назад

There is even a communal species of bat flies who have developed ways to ward off bats as well

@carlosdavid1444 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing such an incredible world with us. Your videos are magnificently illustrated, beautifully narrated, and clearly described. You are a master at your craft. I hope you continue producing scientific content for many years to come.

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you!

@TankieBoi 8 месяцев назад

You know life sucks as a spider when even your food wants to eat you

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Swings and roundabouts! 🙂

@CristianSzwarc 9 месяцев назад

Another super interesting video, never knew a fly would be an adversary for a spider. Also it reminded me of the Mud Dauber wasp.

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! So many twists and turns in the insect world. Mud daubers would make a good story, I will put them on my list! Thanks for commenting. 🙂

@MoreliaAustralia 9 месяцев назад

Very interesting. If I find any dead spiders I should put them in containers and see if any spider flies emerge.

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

You never know! That's how the original research was done on the biology of Ogcodes.

@jackjacksonson8090 9 месяцев назад

This is the first video of yours that I’ve seen but it is quite informative and entertaining Thank you You’re killing it 👍

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks so much Jack! Very nice of you to say that. 🙂

@DickGallo-dk7wi 8 месяцев назад

Im 58, and this was my introduction to the amazing Spider-Fly. Thank you very much! 🕷🕷🕷

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

@allegrosotto2126 9 месяцев назад

Fascinating indeed. Can’t get my head around the intricate grand design of such creatures! Glad my favourite orb spiders aren’t in danger though I am fond of the crab, and how it can change colour. Really appreciate your knowledge and way of presenting information 👍

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Yes, they are unusual. The incredible diversity of insects never ceases to amaze me! Thanks for commenting.

@thehellyousay 8 месяцев назад

what grand design? seriously? are you concussed? do you even conceive of what such designs say about such a designer, or are you just so thankful to be here, not realising your only "purpose" insofar as can be coincidentally inferred, is fertiliser? geez. grand design, my ass. evolution merely fills every available niche, just as water fills every depression: inevitably.

@uncletiggermclaren7592 8 месяцев назад

It is far better than a "design". It is all random chance, dictated by the environment and the give and take of all the OTHER life forms. Explaining Evolution by the quite pathetic word "design" is, or OUGHT to be, frankly unworthy of a thinking being.

@crayzeape2230 8 месяцев назад

I encountered a spider fly not so long ago, and had trouble identifying it until I spotted the thumbnail of your video and here I am. I took plenty of pictures of it at the time.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Awesome! Thanks for commenting.

@Shareazu 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the video, I like your style, it was straightforward and easy to understand! I had never heard about those flies before; It's always interesting to learn more about animals from all places of the world!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for your positive comment! So glad to hear you like my style. Awesome feedback. 🙂

@lucavogels 9 месяцев назад

Really cool video and very original. Never heard of spider flys before. This channel should get way more attention! 😁

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks very much! I hope my channel gets more attention too! 🙂

@errolwilliams8845 8 месяцев назад

That was so funny with the spider 🕷️ eyes 😂😂

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Awesome. Glad you liked it! 🙂

@SavaCHari 8 месяцев назад

An old man telling a story about insects like it's a bedtime story. I can't say no to this.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Cool! Should I pretend to smoke a pipe? 🤣

@SavaCHari 8 месяцев назад

@@oneminutebugs By any means, yes!! Do whatever you can do to make it shine for your own channel! ❤

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

@@SavaCHari 👍

@nightlight3157 8 месяцев назад

When your lunch tries to kill you in the literal sense.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Ah but the adult flies might be eaten by spiders. Swings and roundabouts! 🙂

@chir0pter 9 месяцев назад

Very nice narration, it would just be nice to have more pictures/video of the organisms in question!

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! I agree about more footage. Sometimes none is available.

@farukuyar5096 8 месяцев назад

I've never heard of spider flies but surely I arrived here due to the reputation of tarantula hawks or other parasitic wasps. Nice to know there are flies who are also parasitic. Amazing video by the way! It would be even more amazing if you could put a picture of the leftover exoskeleton of a spider after an emergence of a spider fly. Good work! 👍

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for your positive comments! Unfortunately, I can only go with the images I have, or if permission has been granted to use other images. Copyright and all that! 🙂

@Nylak-Otter 8 месяцев назад

That is a well-named fly. It looks like a linebacker that never skipped arms and shoulders day, and his poor little head got dwarfed in comparison. What a chonkster! 😂 I'm afraid they're an enemy of mine, though, because I actively cultivate a rustic wolf spider population to outcompete the black widows and brown recluse on my property. Anything that bugs my wolf spiders bugs me, too.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

It's a bit of a lottery with these flies. They lay masses of eggs because most larvae don't find a spider to drill into. I reckon your wolf spiders are in more danger from birds. Hope this helps!

@n0f8r 9 месяцев назад

the constant side-swipe transitions are very distracting you should use them a lot less!! cool video topic and interesting info - but those transitions make it hard to watch. If you absolutely have to have that many transitions, use cross-dissolve transitions, much easier on the inner ear!

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Kevin. Yes, there are more than usual in this particular vid. Wasn't aware the swipes made people dizzy! Good to know!

@ulalaFrugilega 9 месяцев назад

I had to look away from those. Even hard jumpcuts are better than swipes. If you had something in your hands, like a magnifying glass ore sth., you could cut to your hands in between. Or pictures of bugs, of course. Or charts, or whatever.

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

@@ulalaFrugilega Thanks for the constructive criticism. Noted! 🙂

@phoenixthedragon6798 8 месяцев назад

It didn't bother me. Lots of RU-vid videos have slurpy transitions. I was intuitively expecting it for each new topic, since that's when he seems to be using then

@getinthespace7715 8 месяцев назад

Great video. Those transactions were weirding me out too. I was going to comment but you beat me to it.

@Internetpurge 9 месяцев назад

But does the egg mass somehow draw the attention of potential host spiders? If so, how? How long can the larvae wait in hopes that a host come by and how can they distinguish between a spider and any other invertebrate animal that might wander on top of the egg mass?

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Great questions! The egg mass doesn't attract spiders. The strategy of the female fly is to lay huge numbers of eggs so that some of its larvae may find a spider. Larvae would probably hook onto any suitably hairy animal that wandered by BUT a larva would die if it's not a spider. The larvae can only survive a few days outside a host. I reckon the percentage of larvae that do find a spider host would be quite low. Thanks for the questions.

@rustyshackleford8022 8 месяцев назад

@@oneminutebugs I wonder if they choose locations based on female spider pheromones as with parasitoid wasps to intercept the wandering male spiders.

@htomerif 8 месяцев назад

I think spiders don't have very tough exoskeletons in comparison to almost anything else. What few things the larva could penetrate (like caterpillars or moths) don't have book lungs and I'm guessing that the larva needs the resources at the book lung to get through the first few instars. If it parasitized a soft-bodied insect it would probably look for the book lung until it died. I wonder if one could successfully parasitize another soft-ish bodied arachnid like a whip scorpion?

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

@@htomerif Looks that way! From the literature: "eventually all larvae end up in the book lung area of the spider and attach themselves in the air pockets between the lung lamellae, and breathe outside air."

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

@@rustyshackleford8022 The literature says: "Eggs may be deposited on dead twigs, but always away from the intended hosts". The literature doesn't mention spider pheromones. 🙂

@user-co6wc8di5l 8 месяцев назад

How utterly horrifying. Makes me glad I'm not bug sized.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

It's a jungle out there! 🙂

@TortourusHarris-yn9kl 8 месяцев назад

Man! Got to love this type of Diptera!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely!

@steveb.2874 8 месяцев назад

Nature never ceases to amaze me, how many life forms have evolved such specialized ways to survive, obtain food or find a way attract a mate. Life on our planet is so amazing.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Steve! Life on Earth is pretty cool. 🙂

@FlyxPat 8 месяцев назад

Inch along like a … that head to tail movement. 😂

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Haha! I was going to edit it out, but I'm glad I left it in! 🤣

@nekowarrior1144 8 месяцев назад

Never heard of spider flies before, only wasps. Though most amusing part is the little ‘red light, green light’ game they play to climb up to the abdomen.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks very much for commenting. Yep, stop, go, stop, go, stop, go, drill! 😀

@reluginbuhl 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting. I found the video slide to the side distracting. As a viewer I would find the video less unsettling without the slide.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Noted! I will use a different transition next time. Always learning.

@Kerplakistandan 8 месяцев назад

The spider fly, one more nail in the coffin of creationism. Such a highly specialized insect could only have come about via evolution. It's "mouth" and reproduction cycle says it all. Thanks for the video, I didn't know about this insect.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Well said! Glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂

@SkyeRiv 8 месяцев назад

Omg, this is one of the best channel!! I am going to try to share it, so you get all the views you deserve!!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you!

@caucasoidape8838 8 месяцев назад

My my my, said the fly to the spider.

@mleslie4883 8 месяцев назад

I had heard of spider flies back in Invertebrate Zoology class, but it was more of a footnote with little information. thanks for providing that!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

You're very welcome! 🙂

@FiddlerOnTheRoof2024 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! I believe you followed the same formula I did for my senior seminar in college. Well laid out and segwayed naturally from one aspect to another. Hope you keep making videos!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the fantastic comment! New video loaded today! 🙂

@rcnelson 8 месяцев назад

Under our feet is a warfare of creepy-crawlies we barely notice.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely! 🙂

@Rimmsolin 9 месяцев назад

Seems like a really rare occurrence for a larva to encounter a spider. Lottery style.

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

I agree, a lottery indeed. That's why spider fly females lay so many eggs. Thanks for commenting! 🙂

@napalmholocaust9093 8 месяцев назад

Book lungs are air gills. The external ones moved inside when their ancestors stopped being aquatic.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Yes indeed! Thanks for your comment. 🙂

@briantaylor9285 8 месяцев назад

Spider Fly: *UNO Reverse Card* Spider: "What the.. ??" 😳

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Yep! 🤣

@briantaylor9285 8 месяцев назад

@@oneminutebugs Spider Fly (voiced by Jeremy Irons): "I'm not your typical house fly, arachid...."

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

@@briantaylor9285 Awesome!

@Spiderdan-59 8 месяцев назад

😂 i keep tarantula in my living room with me watching TV 😂💯🕷

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Doesn't everybody! 🤣 🕷️

@jasonadams7617 8 месяцев назад

If spiders eat adult spider flies then that’s one of the craziest predator/prey interactions. Like humans hunting adult lions with their bare hands but then standing no chance against the cubs.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Yes, I can imagine that the adult flies would make a good meal for a small spider. Love your thinking with the lions. I reckon you have the beginnings of a sci-fi/horror novel there! Thanks for commenting. 🙂

@Warriorking.1963 8 месяцев назад

First time I've seen one of your videos, and it's a good one! I've never heard of these spider flies before, and having now done so, I'm just thankful I'm not a spider. I need to check out more of your videos, but if they're half as good as this one, you'll be gaining a new subscriber.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

@BritishEngineer 8 месяцев назад

2:27 would’ve been nice to interview him, not possible though.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Yes indeed! He was a legend. I'm planning to interview some current entomologist next year. Stay tuned!

@aleksanderlenartowicz5659 9 месяцев назад

I have seen those spider flies, but wasnt aware they are spider parasites!

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

That's great. Thanks for commenting!

@EDHESE 8 месяцев назад

Eduardo, from Spain. Never heard about them and they are truly remarkable!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks you Eduardo! 🙂

@deannalea1515 8 месяцев назад

Great video!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! 🙂

@genepozniak 8 месяцев назад

"Inch along like a...a...I dunno..." INCHWORM? 😂

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

🤣🤣Love it!

@mutanthybrid3466 8 месяцев назад

Yet another version of parasitic creature from which the xenomorph from Alien was based on. I have been interested in insects and spiders all my life, but never heard about Spider Flies. Thanks for the informative video.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! I plan a video early 2024 on Xenomorphs vs Insects! 😁

@user-tc5pl3zw3h 8 месяцев назад

I am nearly 60, and still have an irrational dislike of spiders. It's not fear, but hatred. Their existence is fine, but not near me. It's like they all want to get to me, and find a way into my ears. That in mind, I'd like to protest the label "Spider Flies". I see what you're doing there, mate, but the idea conjured for me is a flying spider. Frankly, I would never leep again, if I thought a spider could literally fly. No, "Spider-Eating Fly" is a completely acceptable name. Thanks

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

I hear you! Common names can be misleading. But it's not a name I made up, it's the accepted common name in entomological circles. 🙂

@erictaylor5462 8 месяцев назад

Step into my parlor said the spider to the fly. That's when the spider knew, she'd fucked up.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Excellent comment! 😀

@fatherrussell5303 8 месяцев назад

Love this channel. Keep making these wonderful videos.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! Will do! 🙂

@keonicoleman 8 месяцев назад

Woah they’re so cute

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@Z4RD4N34 8 месяцев назад

Never heard of a spider fly until your video

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! 🙂

@jamesbullo 8 месяцев назад

Never heard of these little buggers. Pretty amazing.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Yes they are indeed! 🙂

@harrymills2770 8 месяцев назад

Morbid fascination kept me here to the end. I think I've had my fill for another few months.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for commenting

@jameskelman9856 8 месяцев назад

Nicely done , Thanks Muchacho Subscribed

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the great comment and for the sub! 🙂

@joelennis6338 8 месяцев назад

Spider flies are new to me! Very interesting and informative. Thank you!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@Cleatus546 8 месяцев назад

Great video. Thanks This just came onto my feed an I became an instant fan/subscriber.👍

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks very much for the sub!

@brucecampbell6133 8 месяцев назад

Great presentation. I Live in California and have never heard of spider flies until now. I am a gardener and have a keen interest in arthropods, worms, mollusks and micro-organisms, etc. found in natural and garden environments. I just googled Ogcodes in North America and found a source stating that there are about 60 species of small-headed flies in 7 genera in North America. Not sure why so little is known about them.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks very much Bruce! I guess they are relatively obscure and suffer from a lack of entomologists! 🙂

@Philwarb 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! Thanks for posting that interesting info.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the positive comment! 🙂

@lindybeige 8 месяцев назад

Why only spiders? If these fly larvae could burrow into locusts and other insects, they'd have more chance of finding a host.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Great questions. The larvae may attempt to burrow into other insects but would not be able to develop inside. They can only develop fully inside spiders.

@chitinskin9860 6 месяцев назад

They would also have to deal with competition, parasitoid flies are not in short supply, so they often have to specialize in a particular host so that they have a better chance at competing with not only other flies, but other parasitoids like wasps. Generalist parasitoids tend to be crummy competitors, but having more options means this shouldn't be a problem. It all boils down to whatever they managed to adapt towards, and this fly went for specialization.

@oneminutebugs 6 месяцев назад

@@chitinskin9860 Well said! Thanks for commenting.

@Des420 8 месяцев назад

I like learning about new animals and insects, and I really like that you are not reading directly from a script…

@DanielRodriguez-zi9qe 8 месяцев назад

Damn I never considered that a parasite would clump on a live spider and stop to evade its focus

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Amazing isn't it!? 😲

@ianwallace6767 6 месяцев назад

What a fabulous and interesting video. And so informative. I've managed to find and photograph just one of these flies and they do look quite odd but neat markings.

@oneminutebugs 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for your positive comments! Glad you found one of these flies - they are a bit different! 🙂

@johnpichon689 8 месяцев назад

Dang dude…We’re looking at you more than the fly…

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for commenting

@tylersmythe8216 8 месяцев назад

Just found your channel and am really enjoying it. Im working my way through Stephen A. Marshall's tome on flies. The larva movement is really the most fascinating part of this species for me.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much Tyler! 🙂

@tannerbland9827 8 месяцев назад

Lasia is my fav acrocerid genus. They look just like scarabs!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Tanner! I just checked out Lasia - amazing! My search led me to Lasia pulla - the 'hummingbird fly'! Incredible. 😃

@tannerbland9827 8 месяцев назад

@@oneminutebugs our AZ endemic is pretty cool too I think it’s Lasia klettii

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

@@tannerbland9827 That's amazing! 😲

@SchitzoTheDog 8 месяцев назад

Transitions are fine. Love the content!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! 🙂

@SchitzoTheDog 8 месяцев назад

@oneminutebugs you give your content YOUR way. Otherwise you're following someone else.

@AnnLiesArtist 8 месяцев назад

What a fun video! I love learning about new horrors of the arthropod world, in addition to my genuine interest and curiosity I also love learning to use this knowledge in horror roleplaying games! Thanks for presenting this fascinating topic so clearly and with good humor.

@AnnLiesArtist 8 месяцев назад

Oh just reached the end of the video. To answer your question I’ve never heard of spider flies before, which is pretty surprisingly since this is a topic I’m interested in! Consider me a new subscriber.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks very much! 🙂

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the sub!

@Beepers559 8 месяцев назад

I gotta admit the flies look kinda cute to me

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

I reckon so too! 🙂

@qa377 8 месяцев назад

I saw one of these years ago and thought it was some sort of deformed tiny bee! I couldn't find and ID for it anywhere, but now I know!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! Glad to help. 🙂

@kellyharrison5184 9 месяцев назад

How utterly hideous and fascinating!

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Awesome comment! 😃

@prophetofarrakis1760 8 месяцев назад

Appreciate that you include the source

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@flamencoprof 8 месяцев назад

I had never heard of these flies, but am glad to have done so. It's rough out there!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Indeed it is! Thanks for commenting. 🙂

@nunyabiznes33 8 месяцев назад

I wish we don't have them here! I don't want anything killing our jumping spiders outside! 😭

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Only a few larvae out of all those thousands of eggs find a spider. Your jumping spiders are more likely to be killed by a bird or another spider! Hope this helps. 🙂

@boebender 8 месяцев назад

Awesome video!!!!!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!! 🙂

@jeffjones6951 8 месяцев назад

First time viewer. Spider flies are also new to me. Will check out your other vids tomorrow and will possibly subscribe. GREAT content, fascinating topic. Thank you from Virginia Beach.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the great comments Jeff!

@nancycurtis7315 8 месяцев назад

Strangely enough, I mentioned weird looking fly things to my friend yesterday. Now, I have seen this. Not the same, but very similar. Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria, Australia. (Little DESERT region) 😊

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Hey Nancy from Dimboola! I'm from Pomonal. 🙂

@Israfel36 8 месяцев назад

This was a fantastic video-- and I wish I never clicked on it. Thank you for not showing the fly emerging from the spider.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Israfel36 8 месяцев назад

@oneminutebugs I did very much, thank you. I have a feeling that your channel is going to be one of those channels that explodes in popularity. Good luck, sir 👍

@Oheng75 8 месяцев назад

It *bugs* me that they all lay their eggs in 1 heap. Safety in numbers? But there would be so much competition!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

The idea is that lots of larvae in one area, some larvae are more likely to find a spider. 🙂

@thehumancanary131 8 месяцев назад

That's the worst thing I've ever heard in my WHOLE life!!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

There's worse than that!

@SpeedyDemon1 8 месяцев назад

Super interesting! Also, your videos have great pacing. They have a good amount of digestible information (with very nice narration). Can’t wait to watch some more of your videos

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks heaps for your positive comments! 🙂

@flukeman022 8 месяцев назад

Spiders eats flies and flies eat spiders. Makes sense.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Sure does! 😃

@mattresbert 7 месяцев назад

Cheesy FX❤ Brilliant stuff

@oneminutebugs 7 месяцев назад

Thanks very much! 😃

@WarrenPeace007 9 месяцев назад

Fascinating video. Thanks for taking the time to make it

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

My pleasure! Thanks for commenting!

@ThunderBassistJay 8 месяцев назад

Very interesting. Thanks! 🙏

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

@t.c.2776 9 месяцев назад

My general thoughts about all these intricate and somewhat unique and bizarre lifecycles is that I don't honestly believe this can be all "evolutionary mutation/accidents"... there has to be a major element of actual Intelligent Design involved... forget "religion"... what if you were ALL POWERFUL and ETERNAL... What would YOU do to amuse yourself, stay busy, and try not to be bored?... Remember "eternity" is FOREVER... and you can do ANYTHING...

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for commenting.

@ulalaFrugilega 9 месяцев назад

Really lovely voice and face, and content, of course, that's why I'm here! New subscriber.

@oneminutebugs 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for such a lovely comment - and for the subs! 😊

@mikegeld1280 8 месяцев назад

No I haven't seen one here in the US,(phx, az, )but this is great science 🤓 ty 👍

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching Mike!

@scottbraun2457 8 месяцев назад

First time I've heard of flies doing this. Awesome...and obviously, a little scary. I actually already liked and respected spiders in general, but..now..I also have sad spot of pitty for them.

@wedontagelikemilktho.7839 8 месяцев назад

Don’t let arachnophobes read this, they hate spiders more than mosquitoes and will attack you too if you like spiders.

@FromAmericaToJapan 8 месяцев назад

Wow never knew a fly like this existed. Thanks for educating me

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! 🙂

@moxigen 8 месяцев назад

and so the circle closes!

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Indeed it does! 🙂

@markissboi3583 8 месяцев назад

only seen a few crab spiders on a tree the bus depot sa orange color & the odd jumping spider

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for commenting.

@yankeevictor9055 8 месяцев назад

"We have spider hunting wasps here in Australia". Of cooooourse there are. PS. Great video. 😉

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! 😃

@familyhelpdeskhelpdesk270 8 месяцев назад

Oz has bloody everything even poisonous mammals, so this is absolutely no surprise!

@walterwhitaker1395 8 месяцев назад

Just when you thought there are no real monsters you find out about a real Zenomorph! The Horror! The Horror!.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Walter! Indeed 😲! Stay tuned for a video on Xenomorphs in January 2024. You're gonna love it!

@500BlueMario 6 месяцев назад

I saw a hills hoist at a friends house in texas! Had no clue what it was called though.

@oneminutebugs 6 месяцев назад

It's a cool invention!

@bullymaguire9318 8 месяцев назад

Thanks

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@williambock1821 8 месяцев назад

The larvae induce the spider to spin a web right before death but the larvae also avoid web spinning spiders?

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Yes it's bizarre how the spider spins that web for the larva to pupate on! But larvae don't avoid web-spinning spiders they just can't reach them. Thanks for commenting!

@scottysmediaproductions 8 месяцев назад

"Eggspert" was right there.....

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

🤔

@RemusKingOfRome 8 месяцев назад

Excellent.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Many thanks!

@huangGQ 8 месяцев назад

I think we should play kingmaker while we're still here and throne dragonflies with 50cm wingspans as the next dominant species.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Ah you must have clicked through to my video "Once were Giants"? Thanks for commenting! 🙂

@herbderbler1585 8 месяцев назад

Of course Australia would have predator-eating flies.

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Yep! 😁

@PeppersnGlowworms 8 месяцев назад

I was about to comment that they are feared in the tarantula hobby, but I had them confused with the Phoridae. They share a similar common name in German ("Buckelfliegen" literally means "hunch-back flies"). Or are Acroceridae also a problem for Theraphosidae?

@oneminutebugs 8 месяцев назад

Great comment and question! Yes Acroceridae parasitise Theraposidae. Schlinger lists them in: Schlinger EI (1987) "The biology of Acroceridae (Diptera): True endoparasitoids of spiders". Pp. 319-327. In Nentwig W (Ed) "Ecophysiology of spiders". Springer Verlag, Berlin. 🙂