I once watched two ants pull, push, nudge and knock the carcass of a wolf spider across a road. But on second look, this is not an ant. It has wings. It’s some kind of small wasp. Whatever it ...

Spider wasps normally target free-living spiders, those that do not make webs such as wolf spiders and jumping spiders. Perhaps the most well-known group of spider wasps are the Tarantula Hawks ...

Preferred prey of rusty spider wasps includes wolf spiders, funnel-web spiders and nursery spiders. Tarantula hawks often use the burrows of their tarantula prey after they have subdued the large ...

A spider wasp will sting a wolf spider, immobilize it, and drag it to its lair, where it will then lay an egg on the poor spider. Then the wasp larva eats the spider’s body from the inside out.

There are many species of wasps that prey upon spiders. These "parasitoids attack a number of spiders ranging from ground-dwelling and fast-moving hunters like wolf spiders to web spiders such as ...

A mom has captured the bloodcurdling moment a wasp and huntsman spider faced off in a street battle – but it’s what happened after the fight that has Australians squirming. Emily Teede ...

‘Most spiders flee when you come close but a false wolf spider will attack. Its bite is a bit like the sting of a wasp.’ Noordijk said. The annual national spider count, which starts this weekend, ...

A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...