Now, I'm somewhat arachnophobic and am very much of the "nuke the site from orbit" camp when they come into my home, but for some reason, I have been quite fascinated by wasp spiders.
They're relatively new to the UK, but have been heading northwards as the climate gets warmer. I saw my first one last year, in a nearby meadow but this year, I've seen quite a few at the East Anglian nature reserves I visit. This one was seen at Lakenheath Fen:
They're fairly large (that's not life-size, by the way!), especially this year, as it has been good for grasshoppers, which are their main prey. The big'uns are the females. The males are tiny in comparison. It was just yesterday when I saw my first male, which was around 10mm in total, whereas the fattest females can have a body length of 20mm or so.
Anyone else seen any?
My wife asked me to stop singing Wonderwall.
I said maybe.....
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nurture them.
The spider wasps though, are something else.
this will not end well
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