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Family Sphecidae
This wasp will take the caterpillar back to its nest to feed the larvae. In the video you will see the wasp sting and paralyze the caterpillar, observe it - to make sure it is subdued, then carry it off towards its nest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAvDL50m...
Spotted at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Spotted on Sep 9, 2018
Submitted on Sep 26, 2018
14 Comments
Thank you very much Lauren.
Congrats Brian! Great Spotting!
Thanks Jim and Robert.
Good one Brian! Excellent spotting and congrats on your sotd.
Wow...it had to be a lot of work for the wasp to carry the caterpillar. Nice job on this spotting, Brian!
Thank you António and DrNamgyalT.Sherpa.
Congrats Brian38 for the SOTD!
Great find Brian,congrats on the wel deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thank you Greg.
Congratulations Brian on SOTD.
Thank you so much Daniele and Project Noah. And to think I almost stepped on the Caterpillar while I was looking for butterflies. The wasp flew in and caught my attention.
Congratulations Brian, these amazing shots and video are our Spotting of the Day:
"Watch a thread-waisted wasp (family Sphecidae) paralyze a caterpillar and take it towards its nest in our Spotting of the Day! Adult females wasps in the family Sphecidae will often capture preys that they paralyze with a sting, then deposit the prey in a closed cell along with an egg. The larva that hatches will feed on the prey until fully developed.
Don't miss the video! https://buff.ly/2xRhVzT "
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Thank you Lauren.
Amazing shots!