I live in Taiwan and saw something similar. There was a huge huntsman (similar to the Australian one) on my driveway, which had been stung by a wasp/hornet that specifically attacks arachnids. There was an ant's nest near by (2-3 feet away) and a few of them came out to see what was going on. I could see the thought process of "Now lads, if we play this right, we might get both of them...just be cool!" They were right! both the wasp and spider took some damage, slowed down and the ants just swarmed them both. Really quite impressive!
Next time that happens, make sure you have some mobile camera capturing the action! That would be most impressive to see on RU-vid, a spider vs. wasp fight usurped by an ant swarm! :D
Stevan Petkovic also if they only prey on SPECIFICALLY tarantulas why is this one preying on a spider?cuz I compared it to another vid with tarantula hawk and it has the sam coloration and everything
Actually I don’t think the wasp kills the spider. Just paralzes it to drag back to it’s cave where it’s newly hatched young will feed off it’s body slowly and painfully.
The Wasp paralyzes the Spider, right? The larva eats the 🕷️ until it's gone, right? In other words, the Spider dies so that the Wasp lives, right? It's the cycle of life, right? Something must die for the other to live. Death is simple.
If you notice on these match ups, the spider ALWAYS sits on it's ass and lets the wasp or tarantula hawk make the first move. This always results in the spider losing. I would love to see this kind of match up with a Sydney Funnelweb, because now you have an aggressive, mean as hell spider that will strike first and not be docile.
For those wondering about the ID of the wasp and the spider, I’m pretty sure this is Southern Africa, considering the accents, the surname ‘Redelinghuys’, and the use of Afrikaans. We have a family of spider hunting wasps, Pompilidae, of which this would be a typical example. Most likely of the Tachypompilus genus, considering wing and leg colouring and the ID of the spider. The spider looks to be a rain/huntsman spider (Palystes), having long hairy legs with banding on the underside, a fat body and a particular way of moving. They’re commonly called rain spiders for their behaviour of sheltering inside when storms come and are venomous, though their venom is no more dangerous than a bee sting would be to the average human.
If you had two poison laced knives that you’ve been training with since birth, wouldn’t you be cool and calculated against a wolf that doesn’t fear you, while trying to be as unpredictable and shocking as you could to a giant that you know fears you?
Spiders can kill almost all insects but these tarantula hawks are their natural predators.. Trying to run away probably yields them a higher % of surviving than fighting
Tarantula hawks paralyses its prey and drag it into nesting hole and lay its egg inside the spider. Its larvae will eat the spider from the inside out all while the spider is alive.
Yeah but not against a spider wasp that specifically hunt spiders. The only spider that can kill this wasp is probably a black widow perhaps. Venoms that are stronger than the wasp.
@@sheFEISTY.43110 specific wasps prey on specific spiders. I think it's safe to assume no wasp hunts for cellar spiders, like holocnemus pluchei, because they are just too small. Also, jumping spiders are quite smart and can see very well, they are difficult preys.
Nice teachable moment for your kid.. now when the kid is 10 years old, they're gonna have their room filled with insects, ant farms , snakes, scorpion's and everything else he learned as a child.. lol
*Me sees a giant spider vs wasp* Me: Interesting.....Keep going. *sees spider struggles and lose* Me: Aight, that's enough. Your living privileges has expired wasp. Boot and spray time.
This appears to be a tarantula hawk attempting to paralyze the spider, so that it can lay it's eggs on its back or abdomen. Cool video. Thanks for sharing!
A documentary was described the difficulty a spider has in landing a winning blow on the wasp. "It's like a human holding a glass bottle in one hand, then trying to drill through it using the other hand". (paraphrasing) So even if the spider manages to get the wasp in its fangs, the wasp still has a brilliant chance of escaping death.
Best vid ever,little girl is precious as Dad teachers her about the spider & spider wasp. She also reminds Dad that they shall return to the beach,Not Home!! 😂lol Bahahahaha
Я спас одного такого паука (правда гораздо меньшего по размерам, больших у нас слава богу не водится), оса уже ужалила его, он перестал двигаться. Я отогнал осу, несколько раз, т.к. она была настойчива, потом она улетела. Думаю со временем паук очнулся и удрал..
Meanwhile that little ant who is watching is now going to go back and tell all his homies so that they can swarm the spider and wasp to later eat them as food.
I have seen these wasps whilst visiting South Africa. They are large compared to the European wasp and a big slow moving spider like this would have little chance. These wasps are like the attack helicopters of the insect world. Still, a good blart over its noggin with a rolled up newspaper would sort the wee bastard out.
And the wasp larvae eat the spider from inside out, with instincts provided by Mother Nature to miss the vital organs until last, keeping their meal alive and warm. A great life lesson for young Timmy.
If you've ever seen a Mud Dauber before they're more yellowish and hunt smaller Arachnids, I've had one craft a Mud nest where my curtain was since i would leave the window cracked every so often. After killing the Dauber i took it's Nest and inside were four greenish looking spiders still intact (due to the paralyzing of course), and two brown looking one's, and right there on one of the spiders Abdoman was the Dauber's Larvae
The Wasp has to be ever so careful not to actually kill the spider, for if the spider dies it becomes useless to the spider. That takes discipline on the Wasps side, and is probably why wasp stings the spider multiple times, cause using such low doses of venom.
