Kiersten Rowland

Adventures, wildlife, and life in the Alpujarras

This whole scene actually really creeped me out, it's taken a good week for me to be able to process the pictures and still it makes feel 🤢

A spider hunting wasp dragging a wolf spider up the side of a some old pool tiles. The pool tiles are various shades of blue. The wasp is ascending backwards up the tiles, using it's mouth (I think) to hold the spider. The two creatures faces are together. The wasp is orangey brown in colour. The spider is brown. This is an edit of the text, I had it down as a European Hornet but have been made aware that is indeed a spider hunting wasp. A spider hunting wasp dragging a wolf spider up the side of a some old pool tiles. The pool tiles are various shades of blue. The wasp is ascending backwards up the tiles, using it's mouth (I think) to hold the spider. The two creatures faces are together. The wasp is orangey brown in colour. The spider is brown. This is an edit of the text, I had it down as a European Hornet but have been made aware that is indeed a spider hunting wasp.

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