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<blockquote data-quote="Alycia" data-source="post: 134572" data-attributes="member: 27958"><p>On another forum I’d dont really say much on but I some one give some information here it is:</p><p></p><p> I actually study parasitoid wasps and yes they are brutal. There is a great Youtube video called "Wasps are the worst." </p><p>1) Hawk wasp refers to a tribe of wasps and could be several different species. Wasps often have very specialized venom and that can effect what happens to their victims. We dont know a lot about how their venom works but some suppress the immune system too and can leave an escaped spider open to other infections. Arthropods fall victim to fungus a lot so this can be a risk.</p><p>2) Hawk wasps lay their eggs outside the spider and the larva drill in to the abdomen. Check for a hole in the abdomen and you can possibly see if the egg hatched. </p><p>3) lady bugs have been known to go through the entire wasp infection and survive. So it happens.</p><p>4) irony is rich because wasps biggest threat is... other wasps. Nature abhors a vacuum and no one was eating those lovely wasp larva. Hyperparasitoid wasps attack parasitoid wasps. </p><p>So, while wasps appear to suck, know they are controlling arthropod populations. We even use them to combat invasive species. They are a neccessary annoyance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alycia, post: 134572, member: 27958"] On another forum I’d dont really say much on but I some one give some information here it is: I actually study parasitoid wasps and yes they are brutal. There is a great Youtube video called "Wasps are the worst." 1) Hawk wasp refers to a tribe of wasps and could be several different species. Wasps often have very specialized venom and that can effect what happens to their victims. We dont know a lot about how their venom works but some suppress the immune system too and can leave an escaped spider open to other infections. Arthropods fall victim to fungus a lot so this can be a risk. 2) Hawk wasps lay their eggs outside the spider and the larva drill in to the abdomen. Check for a hole in the abdomen and you can possibly see if the egg hatched. 3) lady bugs have been known to go through the entire wasp infection and survive. So it happens. 4) irony is rich because wasps biggest threat is... other wasps. Nature abhors a vacuum and no one was eating those lovely wasp larva. Hyperparasitoid wasps attack parasitoid wasps. So, while wasps appear to suck, know they are controlling arthropod populations. We even use them to combat invasive species. They are a neccessary annoyance. [/QUOTE]
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