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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Japanese Spider Wasp

Batozonellus lacerticida

About

A large black spider wasp with yellow-banded legs found across Eurasia. It hunts large orb-weaver spiders and provisions underground burrows with its prey.

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Did You Know?

It specifically targets large Argiope garden spiders, plucking them directly from their webs.