Spider wasp (family Pompilidae) bite off the legs of large hairy spiders such as Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae), trimming them to make them easier to handle. On finding a spider, the wasp stings and paralyses it, removes the legs if it is a large spider for easy transport then drags it back to it's burrow or finds a burrow (cell) to lays her egg on the spider's body. The larva hatches and feeds on the body of the spider before pupating in a silky cocoon in the cell.

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Spider wasp (family Pompilidae) bite off the legs of large hairy spiders such as Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae), trimming them to make them easier to handle. On finding a spider, the wasp stings and paralyses it, removes the legs if it is a large spider for easy transport then drags it back to it's burrow or finds a burrow (cell) to lays her egg on the spider's body. The larva hatches and feeds on the body of the spider before pupating in a silky cocoon in the cell.

Spider wasp (family Pompilidae) bite off the legs of large hairy spiders such as Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae), trimming them to make them easier to handle. On finding a spider, the wasp stings and paralyses it, removes the legs if it is a large spider for easy transport then drags it back to it's burrow or finds a burrow (cell) to lays her egg on the spider's body. The larva hatches and feeds on the body of the spider before pupating in a silky cocoon in the cell.

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