Here at the Boggy Thicket, we have a species of wasp whose sole purpose in life is to attack large spiders. They don't kill them - in a fate worse than death, they paralyze the spider and seal it into their nest to provide food for their eggs when they hatch.
Okay, I may be easily amused, but I have watched these wasps for as long as 20 minutes as they dragged a much larger spider across the yard and up the side of the house to its doom. It is truly amazing.
About the only one who isn't impressed is Tinker, our miniature dachshund.
If she sees a wasp dragging a spider, she will pounce on it. The wasp always flies up a foot or two, and before it can return, Tinker will eat the spider!
Next comes a funny/sad time when the confused wasp searches for the spider it had dragged halfway across the yard. It almost seems to be saying "I know it is here somewhere."
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