No. This was just one living working organism terrorising me in my living roomAre you sure it wasn't a wasp sitting on a spider, or a spider sitting on a wasp, while one consumed the other? And then you squished one body into the other by mistake?
No...just a single living organism going about my living room. It meant business.Are you sure it wasn't a wasp sitting on a spider, or a spider sitting on a wasp, while one consumed the other? And then you squished one body into the other by mistake?
Are you sure it wasn't a wasp sitting on a spider, or a spider sitting on a wasp, while one consumed the other? And then you squished one body into the other by mistake?
Ah yes another traumatic memory uncovered.
Is it possible that a common house spider of the large brown variety could achieve the exact same body stripes as a wasp?
The only thing I don't remember is the head....I don't recall it having a wasp head with antennas. So it must have been a spider.
I've photos somewhere of a largish (2") huntsman being dragged along by a european wasp out on my front patio. Quite the spectacle. The huntsman was clearly incapacitated and at the mercy of the winged beasty. I'll see if I can find the pics.
I think a spider....and I won't be dwelling in a flat again.I've no idea what your creature was but I am awfully glad that it was on your wall and not mine.
Only 3 neighbours, none of us kept any exotic pets and just did normal boring jobs etc. Maybe it came in through the window attached by the bowfing wallpaper.I think a spider....and I won't be dwelling in a flat again.
It was in Edinburgh Scotland.
Attracted!!Only 3 neighbours, none of us kept any exotic pets and just did normal boring jobs etc. Maybe it came in through the window attached by the bowfing wallpaper.
It was a wasp abdomen no doubts, shiny etcFor what it's worth, common house spiders (usually Tegenaria domestica in the UK, I think) do have rather beautiful stripes on their abdomens if observed closely, but the stripes are simply different shades of brown. And they have a matt body finish rather than a wasp's shiny abdomen.
Well when I say normal boring jobs...The neighbour below was a couple with a young family and a dog. The other downstairs neighbour was a retired pensioner. My upstairs neighbour was another small family and the guy was a psychiatric nurse at carstairs. (He was brilliant!) And I worked at that time at Pentland science park at the Bush estate Edinburgh. In quality control.Only 3 neighbours, none of us kept any exotic pets and just did normal boring jobs etc. Maybe it came in through the window attached by the bowfing wallpaper.
The guys at work laughed at my spider fright saga because I was too scared to capture or kill it.Well when I say normal boring jobs...The neighbour below was a couple with a young family and a dog. The other downstairs neighbour was a retired pensioner. My upstairs neighbour was another small family and the guy was a psychiatric nurse at carstairs. (He was brilliant!) And I worked at that time at Pentland science park at the Bush estate Edinburgh. In quality control.
The only advice I got was that if one intended to live on ones own one would be required to develop braveness in all sorts of ways. Anyway, after a couple of years living by myself . My colleagues took matters into their own hands and made me do online dating all vetted by them at work.....most sentences from them began with....do you like this one?The guys at work laughed at my spider fright saga because I was too scared to capture or kill it.
This Summer I watched a fight to the death between a large house spider and a small wasp.
The spider battled bravely but succumbed to a wasp sting and fell still.
The wasp bit through its middle and flew off though the conservatory door with the spiders thorax.
Ten minutes later the wasp came back, neatly removed a couple of legs and flew off again.
This slow dismemberment continued until all parts had been carried off and finally the wasp came back one more time - just to check.
Amazing how something so small can have such accurate gps and organisational skills !
I've photos somewhere of a largish (2") huntsman being dragged along by a european wasp out on my front patio. Quite the spectacle. The huntsman was clearly incapacitated and at the mercy of the winged beasty. I'll see if I can find the pics.
I'm not even really a wuss except with insects and creepy crawlies. These days they know not to enter my domain...I have a Henry hoover and I'm not afraid to use it.I told myself I wouldn't click on this thread but curioisity got the better of me. Rather wishing I hadn't though.
No idea what you saw but I really wish it hadn't been in the UK!
Please could you put your photos behind spoiler tags or a link when you post them?... for the benefit of wusses like me