Spider attacked by wasp, then stolen by magpie (no audio)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ธ.ค. 2024
- Before I was able to start filming, I watched this spider running across the yard (very unusual for that time of day) and then it got attacked by the orange wasp, causing the spider to flip onto it's back almost immediately. Game over for the spider from then on. The wasp kept doing something to the spider - maybe stinging it some more or maybe just trying to bite it into smaller bits (couldn't get close enough to see). When I did get too close the wasp came after me! That partially explains why the video got suddenly blurry. That, and it's a cheap camera with no auto-focus.
Just when I thought I'd had my thrill for the day, my little wild magpie friend who sometimes recognises me from some distance away and who I feed most days and had already tried to feed a short time earlier with little success, decided he'd drop in and steal the spider away from the wasp. I didn't even know he was still hanging around. Obviously prefers his meals fresh. There are plenty more spiders just like that one in the yard if he wants 'em.