| Re: spider caught a spider hunter !
Hi No 9 Spider,
The spider was definitely doing the carrying with the wasp in the air for most of the way - these pics were all that were recognisable from those taken over a distance of about a metre before it disappeared from view. The combo tumbled about a bit so legs in contact with the ground from these snaps may misprepresent.
That said, I now think I have misread the situation, as you suggest.
Jason Green has suggested the wasp might already have delivered a fatal dose to the spider and is simply biding its time for the poison to take effect, and Jaguarondi has noticed it is the wasp which has the spider in its grip.
Appearances are deceptive - a good thing I'm not giving evidence on this in court!
Thanks again,
Rob
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