An orchard spider with parasitoid wasp grub!

Just a short clip from the amazing "Life In The Undergrowth - 01".

An orchard spider is shown enduring a parasitic wasp grub, which injects its host with a hormone that deranges it and halts the spinning of webs. The grub then sucks the liquid from the spider's body and uses the remaining silk to form its cocoon.






You can read about this amazing DVD and how it was made here on Wikipedia.

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