Posted on 01/10/2017 9:04:27 AM PST by C19fan
Most living creatures make themselves scarce upon seeing a huntsman spider.
But not the spider wasp.
It kills them and uses them as a giant meal for its larvae – and one of the insects has been caught on camera dragging one of the arachnids around a kitchen.
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“Do they kill stink-bugs?”
I’ve looked it up. Nothing preys on them. Invasive from China :( I kill those stupid things all winter long when they come out from where ever the hundreds that get in manage to hide from me.
Having them in your house seems horrifying to me.
The Tarantula Wasp is the official New Mexico State Insect. Same life cycle as the Australian critter except this one specifically targets tarantulas.
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/new-mexico/state-insect/tarantula-hawk-wasp
Why is it horrifying and shocking?
I saw a Nature show fairly recently about crocodiles and there was footage of a huge croc leaping up out of murky river-bank water and grabbing a huge wildebeast by the head and dragging him down into the water.
Now that was startling.
This is what we have, they *are* Japanese Hornets, the Japanese make videos of them fighting other nasty buggers, for instance a scorpion:
These hornets are over 2” long, sort of tiger striped, have a 1/4” stinger, very hard shelled. They attack wasp nests, kill and eat the wasps then eat the larvae in the nest. They’re not particularly aggressive towards people unless provoked, and you really don’t want to provoke them.
They’re drawn to warmth, so they’re inside the house in winter. A window ledge, a sunny spot, heat registers. Trapping them is the only thing that works to my knowledge.
Oh my gosh! Do I feel badly for you. European Hornets are bad enough. I don’t want those to make it up here. Read they kill quite a few people every year in Japan because, like killer bees, they defend their nests by attacking in droves. Also read as few as 5-10 stings could kill a person, and their stings literally melt away the flesh around the wound.
They’re not that big of a problem, I’ve never seen them swarm, they’re sort of solitary. Just don’t tangle with them. You’ll know when one gets in the house before you even see it though, lol. You can feel the flutter of their wings, rather like a hummingbird.
I use something similar, with a lighter in my pocket in case I want to use the afterburners.
Thanks for the link. Interesting that the banner ad at the top of the page encourages visitors to Britain and Norway, two major hosts of the Islamic parasite.
Flames are always an option. Sometimes a necessity.
:)
Lay down a bit of diatomaceous earth along the edges of the baseboards and in corners and slots. It acts as a pokey abrasive in insect joints and they dehydrate and die.
Yea, but you want the clorinated version :-)
Probably. At least they don’t have a face hugger intermediate stage!
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