Just been watching a wasp and a spider fighting to the death on the spider's web outside my first-floor office window. It was like a scaled-down version of King Kong vs. Godzilla. Eventually the wasp chewed through enough of the spider's legs to prise it off the web and they both tumbled down to the concrete below in a death embrace. I think the spider bit off a bit more than he could chew that time, so-to-speak.

Gripping stuff.

 

Never thought I'd ever say this - but you need to get out more

 

I think you may well be right!

 

We had this in our office the other day it was better than anything I've ever seen on pay per view!


The spider won, Wrapping said wasp up and then the killer bite went in!



I'm with you it was gripping! natures ring side side seat!

 

Leg or web ?

 

Am I right in thinking that the fall would probably not have killed them though? They're too light for the impact to do any damage.

 

[god mode]

I would have waited for the outright winner to be decided and then twatted it with a newspaper.

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Poular misconception


They WILL be injured and quite possibly later die .


Spider can survive with at least 1 leg missing tho

 

PS Lewis v an annoyed gang of wasps would be pay per view material

 

this seems unlikely - i can't see terminal velocity for these small insects being enough to mortally injure them.

if the dynamics are the same for these insects, how come bumble bees fly then?

 

They go deaf if you remove all their legs

 

Maybe so: perhaps the battle raged on below? Call me a coward, but I'm just not going to get involved.

The spider had a neighbour too. This bruiser, but he picks on smaller flies.

 

No, that's frogs!

 

When I was a kid I remember being absolutely amazed when I put a zebra jumping spider and common house spider in the same tub. The little jumping spider, despite being about 4 to 5 times smaller, was all over the giant house spider, stalking it before jumping on it and biting it to death. Try as it might, the house spider couldn't do anything. Tried it with wasps, bluebottles, garden spider, the zebra jumping spider came out on top on with all of them.

 

Any Spider that can jump a Zebra is ok in my book.

 

Have you been smoking them dodgy **** again Adam?

 

Twisted kid ..

 

Oh yes!!

 

How about the ultimate wasp vs spider battle, Hawk wasp vs tarantula !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAgMdoS4KwA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk

wouldn't like to get stung by one of those - didn't even know there was a scale 'Schmidt pain index' for how painful stings are !

 

Just like the political classes when you think about it!

Les