Spider wasp and prey. Spider wasp (Tachypompilus ignitus, right) dragging a paralysed common rain spider (Palystes superciliosus, left) it has caught.

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Spider wasp and prey. Spider wasp (Tachypompilus ignitus, right) dragging a paralysed common rain spider (Palystes superciliosus, left) it has caught. Photographed in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Photo credit: © DR NEIL OVERY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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