A
Spider Wasp
(fig.)
spotted in Khao Sok National Park
(fig.)
has paralyzed a spider by
dismembering it.
From here the wasp will
drag the spider's body to its nest, usually
a self-constructed burrow in the
sand, where the female will then lay
a single egg on the abdomen of the
spider, after which the burrow is
closed off, burying the spider alive
and leaving it as living food for
the wasp's larva after it hatches.
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