Spider eating wasp, Pompilidae Sp. with it's Rain Spider ( Palystes superciliosus) prey 2

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The adult wasps actually eats nectar, the female stings and paralyses the spider and then drags it to her burrow. There she lays a single egg on it. Because the spider is not dead, the meat stays fresh and the larvae eat the spider alive.

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Size: 3217px × 4826px
Location: Johannesburg South Africa
Photo credit: © Kobus Peche / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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