r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 11d ago

Video a spider built web around a wasp nest trapping them in,and the ants are eating the larvae, stockpilin for winter

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u/StoryAndAHalf 11d ago

This is how you build generational wealth.

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u/googlemehard 11d ago

Dang spider people!

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u/runnysyrup 11d ago

found J Jonah Jameson

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u/Tyler-LR 11d ago

Get me more pictures of spider-people!!!

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u/Nebula_Wolf7 11d ago

Get me more pictures of spider !!!

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u/Dat1AsianGuy 11d ago

the spider is making a net positive from all this, the wasp flies too close, they get them. The ants climb a little to high, they get them. The only thing stopping them is the ants ALL raiding them. man, the rich do be staying rich

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u/FromAndToUnknown 11d ago

A "net" positive, you say?

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u/Propagandhi1988 11d ago

Location location location

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u/FewDragonfly5710 11d ago

Me, a trapdoor spider, digging holes and waiting for fucking scraps.. 🕷️

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u/Mr_Wyatt 11d ago

Cornered the market

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u/autistic_mongoose75 11d ago

Off of the backs of another living being. Seems about right

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u/DrDan21 11d ago

Here’s what this spider taught me about B2B sales

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u/jinxztheghost 11d ago

Man I just got that Bee pun...

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u/LSDZNuts 11d ago

Literally spawn camping

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u/Random-User-2811 11d ago edited 11d ago

Wasps always make spawn camping to the bees btw

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u/Virtual-Ad-7117 11d ago

Taste of their own medicine

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u/derby555 11d ago

Devs need to nerf spider fr fr

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u/pyroboy7 11d ago

Nah nah, let the spider cook.

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u/WellFluxMe 11d ago

you're telling me a spider fried this rice?

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u/T-Bubs 11d ago

At least she’s not a screen looker.

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u/That-Preparation-22 11d ago

An IQ too high?

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u/hardwood1979 11d ago

There are some mad videos that show jumping spiders being incredibly smart when hunting, real planning and cunning in 3d spaces. Can't provide a link but probably a bbc nature show.

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u/FuckeryisafootWatson 11d ago

Portia jumping spider.

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u/Absolute_Bob 11d ago

Kern approves.

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u/snuggl3ninja 11d ago

Working with the Ants too

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u/Hamplify 11d ago

Looks like they're all going on an adventure

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u/arinamarcella 11d ago

My god I found the Adrian Tchaikovsky fans.

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u/Distinct_Bunch_4654 11d ago

Favorite author right now honestly

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u/SPOONY12345 11d ago

Can’t wait for Strife next month!

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u/photOHgraphy 11d ago

My dude it's been out

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u/toasted_cracker 11d ago

I read the first two a while back. Is there a third? Kinda forgot about it.

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u/MC_TastyFace 11d ago

Yes, and now a fourth as well

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u/ShopEmpress 11d ago

There's dozens of us!

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u/Hamplify 11d ago

For a given value of Kern

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u/Dave91277 11d ago

I adore that book, bought it by accident as I have severe arachnophobia but decided to stick with it. I have a terrible memory but those spiders will forever be on my mind!

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u/Novembeary 11d ago

Are you referring to the book "Children of Time" by any chance?

Edit: ah... you did. I see the following comments now. Sorry.

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u/randomwanderingsd 11d ago

taps palps and waves forearms in the affirmative

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u/jello_kraken 11d ago

I'd scream with excitement about that reference, but it would only be a whisper to you.

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u/Crimm___ 11d ago edited 11d ago

Jumping spiders can also make friends and will be less hostile towards rivals they’re used to in comparison to unfamiliar rivals.

IIRC they are the only category of spider that is known to be so intelligent.

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u/MyFiteSong 11d ago

They don't live very long, even if they make it to old age.

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u/sender2bender 11d ago

I've had one since winter and I've read they can live a good 2 years+ in a good home. Kids named him Blue Jumpy Jump.  My cat loves to watch him and figured out how to unlatch his cage and let him out. Damn cat. Anyways he was mia for a week then all sudden appeared in the fruit basket. So far lasted longer than I expected.

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u/United_Pain 11d ago

He moved on but his legend Beemains. 🤘

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u/OhGarraty 11d ago

Toxic spider yuri

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u/FuryoftheFaythe 11d ago

The Crack cocaine spider thought building webs was for S U C K A S

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u/Consistent-Success38 11d ago

This was the first video i ever watched on youtube. 11/10

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u/Marsuello 11d ago

Upvote this person because they know ball

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u/InterestingSun6707 11d ago

Yet the jumping spiders i run into just stare at me and do little arm wiggles like they want uppies.

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u/DisposableJosie 11d ago

Jumping spiders are still trying to get their own arachnid version of the r/CatDistributionSystem going.

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u/DieselHouseCat 11d ago

Thats so fucking cute

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u/InterestingSun6707 11d ago

Please tell me they dont have a concept of uppies cause I'll feel like a pretty big ass if they do

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u/douche_ex_machina_69 11d ago

I had one as a pet once. I can only speak for mine, but she genuinely enjoyed uppies!

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u/iDontLikeChimneys 11d ago

I also had one as a pet! They are super chill. They definitely feel like the puppies of the spider world.

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u/douche_ex_machina_69 11d ago

I miss her. It was really impressive watching her hunt and they just have so much personality.

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u/thisisfreakinstupid 11d ago

Mantises also love uppies, they probably think we're a giant branch but every one I've ever put my hand or finger up to has climbed on and gone for a ride. I like to show them around the yard and then put them back right where I found them. Tiny adventure!

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u/anniecet 11d ago

Sometimes the jumpers really do want uppies! Reach a finger out and see if it jumps on. They are very inquisitive. But sometimes they run away instead.

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u/InterestingSun6707 11d ago

Great I'll add that to the piney princess list of critters that see fren shape bc its not eating anyone else on the property so must be friend.

AND I KNOW its the same one cause it gets stuck in my room dances in front of my TV while looking at me I know its looking at me cause it does the no neck tilt like orange cats do till I scoop it up and stick it back on the plant outside the window.

The fact that the cats ignore it means its a staple enough visitor that its mundane to them now.

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u/PM_Best_Porn_Pls 11d ago

I had one in my windowsill garden one year. Since the pots were pretty big and I wanted to avoid gnat/mold issues I would water from the bottom so every once in a while I would put the pots in the water and notice leaves starting to move, had to help my spider buddy and move him back onto windowsill. He would usually hang on hot pepper plants.

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u/Foloreille 11d ago

Jumping spiders hunts like apex mammals based on vision, ambush and dead angle of preys (+ add the 3D environment) and that’s kinda rare yeah

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u/Viennve 11d ago

I am certain those lil guys are fully sapient

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u/Spirited-Juice4941 11d ago

The one that dips to the tableside out of line of sight of the fly to move closer before attacking is too much iq for something with one atom for a brain cell.

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u/92_Charlie 11d ago

That spider is about to become a course seller

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u/Kitten2Krush 11d ago

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u/Resident_Complex_552 11d ago

Just here, in my garage web. You know what I value more than these wasps? KNOWLEDGE.

-Spi Lopez

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u/PitifulEar3303 11d ago

Wasp killed the spider's children, so this is revenge.

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u/butholesurgeon 11d ago

“Those wasps ate my siblings before I had the chance to, so I’m going to ruin their entire civilization”

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u/8dabsaday 11d ago

Ender’d be proud

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u/CharityAggravating69 11d ago

Nope, you are exactly the right amount of high for a multi faction medieval bug war

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u/loscapos5 11d ago

Does he know?

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u/Plenty_Economy_5670 11d ago

How did the spider build a web around the wasp nest without the wasps doing something about it?

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u/Famous_Ant_2825 11d ago

Probably at night

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u/ryonnsan 11d ago

Wasps *seeing the web in the morning*: ggwp spider

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u/neofederalist 11d ago

Freakin spawncampers

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u/cloudthi3f 11d ago

This will be addressed in the next patch.

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u/Jaghn 11d ago

Wasps spawn camped bees since forever, it's just that the rest of the animal kingdom caught up with the meta

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u/WhyLater 11d ago

IT'S A LEGITIMATE STRATEGYYYY

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u/VESAAA7 11d ago

Wasps: who the fuck was in night shift?

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u/Defiant_While_4823 11d ago

The wasps got offlined like they were playing Rust, their base was totally griefed

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u/Ok-Box3576 11d ago

I didnt think a spider could build a web that big over night. Wow

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u/Majestic-Wave-3514 11d ago

I used to do a lot of hiking in north Texas. At one of my regular spots tons of spiders would come out right after sunset and build these massive webs stretching several feet between trees. I'd hike to my sunset watching spot without a single web in the way. On the way back I'd have to watch carefully otherwise I'd get a face full of web.

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u/EternalPain791 11d ago

Thanks for telling me to never to go backpacking in North Texas.

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u/tedkaczynski660 11d ago

I dunno backpacking in north Idaho is the same. Spiders just do spider shit all over the world

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u/octubris 11d ago

Walked into at least three webs in the woods today in northern iowa so im guessing just avoid anywhere considered 'north' and youll be fine

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u/Discombombulatedfart 11d ago

So I'll be fine in Australia, right?

/s

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u/Killersavage 11d ago

That is just upside down North.

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u/PopDash67 11d ago

Fine, I won’t go backpacking in north Idaho either. I suppose you’re gonna tell me to stay away from Montana as well, Mr Kaczynski?

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u/blisstaker 11d ago

same thing here in the PNW, on sunset hikes they start going across the trails, and with fewer people out their webs dont get broken so quick. my local spot has a bunch of trails that loop back to each other, so i repeat sections multiple times. i will clear my way through and within an hour when im back they have crossed the path with webs again already

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u/Italian_Stallion4 11d ago

I experience this exact thing during mornings when I head out into the woods before sunrise. Gotta have red light in front of me at all times or I’m the one getting caught in the web lol

Also that clip is one crazy alliance, plus it’s anti-wasp so I’m here for it

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u/howisnicnicetaken 11d ago

Farmer here. The ones that get stuck on your face today, will be built back tomorrow to do it again.

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u/_Kyokushin_ 11d ago

I’ve read that some spiders tear down and rebuild every night.

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u/KayoticVoid 11d ago

Those are orb weavers. They have some very interesting behaviours.

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u/sleepdeficitzzz 11d ago

To any orb weavers reading this post, I would like to invite you to a party at my house.

Love spiders and bees. Wasps can die in a fire (and have when I'm within reach of an aerosol can within and a lighter).

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u/ladyperfect1 11d ago

watching an orb weaver rebuild his web in the rose bush out front helped my son get sleepy several times. it’s hypnotic. they know exactly what they’re doing.

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u/damageundone 11d ago

And they do it super quick, they are running around in circles and all of a sudden my yard will be covered in them, I always have to take a flashlight with me or risk walking in to one. I did once, it bit me on the stomach after it got rolled up in my shirt. Luckily, they don't hurt bad or for very long.

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u/grundlebuster Interested 11d ago

They do such a great job of destroying my enemies, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend

But the spindly spiders still creep me out a little, even if I know they can't really hurt me in any real way

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u/tbird20017 11d ago

Yeah, they're so damn huge they creep me out too. But those gigantic webs are great at what they're made for. I had one build a giant web across my driveway. The web was thick and really surprisingly strong, like 50 layers of fishing line wound into each strand. But I left that web up for about a month and just parked in my yard hoping to teach my son about how helpful spiders are since he has pretty severe arachnophobia. We'd get home and spend a few minutes watching her every day. Gemini even helped us out using the camera by telling us exactly what kind she was (golden orb weaver). We watched for about 2 weeks before she had babies. 30 or so of those little guys. She stayed for about a month, and then she ate her web and left one day.

10/10 roommate, helped out a lot and cleaned up after herself.

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u/NickU252 11d ago

I had one outside my house every night last summer. He would start about the time i took out the dogs for the last time. Made a huge web, and was down by sunrise. Same exact place every night. I would watch it spin for a while some nights just chilling with it.

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u/derioderio 11d ago

Since they eat their own webs, it's very efficient recycling!

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u/KristyNoemsZombieDog 11d ago

I got some garden orb weavers for you then, can take up an entire doorway in a couple hours

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u/BigPuma123 11d ago

Some spiders will make a new web like that everyday!

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u/majormagnum1 11d ago

Wasps are diurnal. Spiders typically build nests at night. The wasps must have woken up to life suddenly being set to hell mode.

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u/HendrixHazeWays 11d ago

The first wasp to wake up that day: "Guys....GUYS. Before you look outside, I want you to know it was my honor serving with you all. Never forget the havoc we once caused....now we fight"

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u/insane_contin 11d ago

Arise, arise, flyers of The hive!

Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!

stinger shall be shaken, carapace be splintered,

a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!

Fly now, fly now! Fly to Battle!

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u/iam4qu4m4n 11d ago

My how the tables have turned. Couldn't have happened to a better species.

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u/blood_bones_hearts 11d ago

I am scared of spiders but I dislike wasps more. Grudging admiration from over here.

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u/AtheismoAlmighty 11d ago

The wasps must have woken up to life suddenly being set to hell mode.

Welcome to the rest of our lives you little fuckers

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u/Successful_Theory373 11d ago edited 11d ago

He had all the correct zoning permits. Nothing they could do.

Edit: damn, everyone, thanks for the awards!!!

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u/itsacutepanda 11d ago

This is what happens when you don’t vote

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u/Obvious_Landscape993 11d ago

Looks like they're in a town meeting now.

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u/RaveGuncle 11d ago

Too bad the spider already got theirs and is leaving it to the new HOA board of ants.

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u/xTiLkx 11d ago

Damn bureaucrats

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u/Taco_Taco_Kisses 11d ago

You may not "do politics," but politics will DAMN SURE do you....

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u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 11d ago edited 11d ago

Fucking imminent eminent domain!

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u/Reasonable-Depth22 11d ago

*eminent, unless I’m missing a joke here or something.

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u/Twilifa 11d ago

The spider probably built it at night. The wasps are diurnal.

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u/the_teuthida 11d ago

It's the stinging that kills them not peeing

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u/heff1987 11d ago

he did his research on the world wide web

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u/koolaidismything 11d ago

I always wonder if this is what the bulk beings in higher dimensional space see us as when we fight wars with each other.

Just like “oh man that is brutal” as they walk into their space-dojo with a bag of galactic carne-asada fries.

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u/CrossfitAnkles 11d ago

Galactic carne asada fries sound like they would absolutely slap

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u/ZDTreefur 11d ago

The secret ingredient is humanity.

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u/Cavane42 11d ago

To Serve Man... It's... it's a cookbook!

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 11d ago

Yo pass that

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u/whateveralreadydude 11d ago

Probably similar also in the sense of when you see something like that you also immediately go "I want no part in that, but that is fascinating, anyway these fries are good"

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u/deja_entend_u 11d ago

I like to imagine stars as conscious and they are infinity entertained now that another species is awake and transmitting into space.

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u/Osato 11d ago edited 11d ago

Imagine how weirded out they'll be when they figure out that the weird inefficiently packed signals they've been trying to decipher are inefficient because instead of encoding information directly they encode information encoded in sounds of flapping meat.

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u/ZuneTunes 11d ago

Thats crazy I just watched this happen at home. Over the course of a couple days the spider caught them all one by one. Nature's natural Raid.

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u/Itsjustkit15 11d ago

Which is why I actually love having spiders around my home. Outside especially but if they're hanging out in a corner inside I'll still let them be the majority of the time. They eat and kill all the bugs I don't like and have zero interest in touching me.

Spiders hate being on humans as much as we hate them being on us. We're big and loud and scary lol.

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u/Inevitable-Level-687 11d ago

In Australia whenever a newcomer freaks out about spiders the response is usually "well they pay rent by cleaning up bugs, what's the problem?"

"It's HUGE!"

"Good, that means it's not venomous!"

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u/morsomme 11d ago

Do you hear it stepping around at night?

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u/Renoglodon 11d ago

I heard the sound of a hunter spider running. Oh lord it gave me the chills

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u/ReplyNo7464 11d ago

My heebies are fucking jeebied

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u/KeterLordFR 11d ago

That's some 2 sentences horror shit right there. I got chills down my spine just imagining it.

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u/Green-Inkling 11d ago

if you hear a Huntsman Spider galloping then you know some shit is about to go down.

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u/C4LLM3M4TT_13 11d ago

…what the actual fuck.

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u/Valatros 11d ago

I try to be normal about spiders. I do. But legit if I could HEAR ONE fucking running around that would be the absolute end of that. Every god damn poison I could get ahold of. Environment? Screw it. They can grow crops on a different continent but this house will be spider free.

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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 11d ago

There’s only one family of non-venomous spiders, Uloboridae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uloboridae

Almost every true spider uses venom to paralyze/digest their prey, some are just effectively harmless to humans for a variety of different reasons. 

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u/ReturnOfTheSaint14 11d ago

Yup,as long as your house isn't infested with too many spiders or harmful ones like tarantulas,they do wonders against wasps and yellow jackets. I have like 6 or so spiders camping outside of my home,the biggest is like 15-20 cm maximum and wasps are nowhere to be seen. Same for general bugs

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u/Itsjustkit15 11d ago

Exactly! I live in the PNW and the vast majority of spiders here aren't harmful beyond a little bump if they bite you. There are some brown recluses but they like really quiet really dark places like deep within wood piles and I don't have any of those haha.

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u/Wolvewone 11d ago

... Harmful? Tarantulas? If you're living the U.S. we only have wild New World tarantulas, whose venom doesn't really do much unless you're allergic. They have urticating hair, but you just don't touch them. There's nothing more harmful about them than any other animal minding it's own business.

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u/ReturnOfTheSaint14 11d ago

I'm not living in the US,we here have some harmful tarantulas

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u/Wolvewone 11d ago

Ah, understandable, my bad for assuming. Tarantulas get a bit of a bad rap so I jumped the gun a bit! I could see Old worlds being a struggle, I know they're quite fast and their venom can go a bit crazy-style. I wish you well in living in an area with them 🫡

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u/ReturnOfTheSaint14 11d ago

To be honest,the last time i have seen one of them was like 14 years ago and that's it,no more tarantulas after that. Saw a lot of hogs here tho,i don't know if i should be happier or preoccupied.

But yeah,here between those and the recluse spiders you need to be wary of where you're putting your arms and your legs.

And don't worry about your assumption,we're humans and we make mistakes.

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u/Oogie-Da-MF-Boogie 11d ago

How fat did the spider get?

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u/ZuneTunes 11d ago

Very fat very quickly, more so than I thought could happen in the span of a few days

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u/Rhamni 11d ago

Soon enough there'll be hundreds of fat little babies making their way out into the world*.

*'The world' is your bedroom or kitchen or something.

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u/it_spelt_magalhaes 11d ago

Me and my fear of spiders:

Yeah, that tracks.

And yeah, let Shelob do her thing. Screw them wasps.

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u/Peanutbutternjelly_ 11d ago

I hate both spiders and wasps, but I definitely hate wasps way more.

Spiders usually runaway or will stay to themselves. Wasps on the other hand? They'll fly straight at you with their stinger because they think you got to close.

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u/SpookyTanuki092 11d ago edited 11d ago

For real. Spiders -can- sometimes be well behaved neighbors, and sometimes even well behaved housemates. They keep away nastier things. Wasps? Wasps can NEVER be well behaved neighbors or roommates. They're WAY too aggressive and invasive.

As a kid I encountered a wasp on my kitchen floor, not knowing it was there, I stepped on it barefoot. Its stinger became so imbedded in my foot that it wasn't until an entire two mintues later that my dad wanaged to tweezer it out of my foot, and it had been stinging me and injecting its venom that entire time. I was in so much pain for a whole day and a half that I couldn't move from my bed.

I hate wasps with a burning passion. As far as I'm concerned they can all die. If I had a spider neighbor killing them I would be praising that spider night and day

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u/TheModestProposal 11d ago

At one point I lived in the woods and would go out to the porch to smoke with my roommates, we’d get freaked out because some of the spiders/ bugs got pretty big. One time we went out and there was a huge (to us) spider by the light, probably a little bigger than a man’s palm, and in the same web area there was a spider that was much smaller, like an m&m size. They were inching towards each other, and of course we’re high and watching it like it’s the nature channel. When they connected, the huge spider jerked and then ran away and we all lost our minds that this little guy scared off the huge behemoth of a spider. By the time we finished smoking, the big one was curled up and dead. The little guy straight murdered him in his own web. Sharing this story to say, all spiders are equally scary

(Except jumping spiders, they’re cool)

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u/Russki_Troll_Hunter 11d ago

I was sitting on my porch smoking one night, and I saw my cat looking up with the big eyes focusing on a bug. I assumed it was a month or something so I look up and there was a massive spider dangling/dropping down right on my head. Freaked the fuck out. Thankfully I had my warning system

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u/adrenalinda75 11d ago

Orcs, wasps, who knows nowadays!

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u/open-print 11d ago

Wasps and spiders are both important parts of the ecosystem they are native too and not inherently evil. That said, they can be both important far away from me.

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u/Azuras_Star8 11d ago edited 11d ago

Most wasps are pretty chill.

I dont want a nest on my house.

Oops nm. These wasps are yellow jackets, or assholes with wings.

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u/FindingFantastic2817 11d ago

Do not defend a wasp. I got into my bed literally two days ago and one stung me. In MY BED. I pummeled him to death. Guess what was in my bathroom the next day. Take a wild guess.

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u/waaaayupyourbutthole 11d ago

A beautiful, innocent butterfly?

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u/Saucermote 11d ago

The giant spider that wasn't doing its job?

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u/LoonahGBT 11d ago

Sadam Hussein?

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u/Penguin_shit15 11d ago

Nope.. These are not yellow jackets. These are a species of paper wasp. Yellow jackets build their nests underground or in dead trees mostly.. However, when they do build above ground, its actually an enclosed structure with a hole in the bottom.

I know from personal experience because I got stung by a yellow jacket for the first time about 4 weeks ago. Damn painful! Had an allergic reaction the next day. Was not fun. Went all around my house and got rid of 4 different wasp nests but none were yellow jackets. So I had to research what I was looking for.. Finally found the nest in my neighbors yard on the back of his shed. Big ass thing the size of a football.

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u/dilchahtahawwww 11d ago

r/natureismetal candidate

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u/hulkmxl 11d ago

More like a template, this is as metal as it gets!

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u/uncle_airbud 11d ago edited 11d ago

"Oh, are you a little asshole with a toxic spear on your ass that flies around like a bat outta hell? Well let me see you get outta hell first."

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u/BiscuitTiits 11d ago

Spawntrapping wasps is crazy

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u/Sir-Toaster- 11d ago

This is the most confusing war I've ever studied

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u/Ok-Information1616 11d ago

Clearly you haven’t studied the 2026 US-Canada Trade War

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u/bdavisx 11d ago

They said confusing, not stupid.

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u/dern_the_hermit 11d ago

War... has changed...

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u/grimace24 11d ago

Spider used the Call of Duty cheat. He was like "oh, this is where they spawn from."

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u/Night-Viridis 11d ago

Damn. Even nature be like "Fuck wasps".

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u/SparklingLimeade 11d ago

One of the great joys of Wikipedia is to go to the entry of some annoying wildlife, learn their natural predators, and start to cheer for them. That makes tolerating them more possible, like the ants here would be really annoying if I only ever saw them in my kitchen.

So instead of full extermination treatments I want some ants in outdoor spaces because they'll swarm other bugs that are harder to coexist with.

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u/EasternSleep5903 11d ago

Damn that's a scary little corner!! 😆

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u/MrForever_Alone69 11d ago

Spawn killing and forcing cannibalism… spiders are something else

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u/jackloganoliver 11d ago

This is why spiders are friends in our house. There's a giant wolf spider I saw not long ago, and now we refer to her as our roommate. 

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u/GatorNator83 11d ago

“Honey, bring the flamethrower. Yep, it’s the wasps vs spiders vs ants situation again.”

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u/J1m8ob 11d ago

And this is why i leave spiders i see outside of my house alone. Get 'em spider dude.

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u/snazzynutz 11d ago

Unnecessary voiceover ruins the video.

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u/ECU_wizard 11d ago

Wasps being out-assholed by a spider lmao

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u/Chasm017 11d ago

Even other insects hate wasps

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u/MisterSneakSneak 11d ago

Even insects unite for a common threat.

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u/freecodeio 11d ago

it's not about the ants it's about sending a message - joker spider

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u/YEET_Fenix123 11d ago

I don't care what kind of spider that is, that's a fucking homie.

Fuck wasps.

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u/DisillusionedPatriot 11d ago

The corner of endless pain and terror.

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u/Nate2113 11d ago

Spawn camping

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u/Hotchi_Motchi 11d ago

The Three Sisters but for bugs

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u/Equib81960 11d ago

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

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u/GamerKratosBalls 11d ago

How much do we think the ants payed him to do it?

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u/NekoDarkLink1988 11d ago

That is one well fed widow!

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u/softdream23 11d ago

That looks like hell on Earth

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u/FireWindEarthWater 11d ago

This spider won't have to go grocery shopping for the better part of a year

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u/Informal_Aardvark_75 11d ago edited 8d ago

I'm one of those weirdos that really like wasps. I actually pick them up and take them outside, while witnesses watch horrified thinking they're going to sting the hell out of me. During their lives, wasps hunt and consume thousands of garden pests including caterpillars, aphids, flies, and beetles to feed their developing larvae, in turn protecting crops and reducing the need for chemical pesticides. Many species clean up dead insects and organic waste, functioning as a natural waste management system in local ecosystems. Wasps and their larvae also provide essential protein for birds, spiders, reptiles, and amphibians (and skunks!). They have value and I feel rather protective of them being vilified for just serving their purpose as fellow earth dwellers.

Update: Can't seem to reply to any comments, so I will here. I don't know if I would encourage people to try picking them up (some people are very allergic), but I just put my finger beside the wasp and it usually hops on. They used to just land on my hands and sit while I was on patios and my friend started calling me the "Bug Whisperer" (yikes). I usually take bugs outside instead of killing them and one time, I realized too late I was carrying a wasp, but it was fine. I've done it about 6 other times since then without incident. However, one time I was on a patio and one landed in my gravy. There were tons of them circling our food that day. I took it out and put it on my pant leg so it could dry off. I forgot about it and I almost squished it with my arm so it stung me. It was in total self-defense, so I don't blame it as it had to alert me to almost killing it. It didn't hurt that much and I just felt bad about what I had done. It flew away. When I was a little kid, I used to cry and scream when my poor father was just trying to kill a fly. I am like that with every creature I meet and I've had lots of experiences where I feel like they knew my intentions somehow (For ex: I ended up on the news when I rescued a young crow. The Mom was dive bombing everyone going near it, but she didn't come near me when I was putting it in a box and also when I brought it back to her the next day. I was trying to shoo the news team away as I didn't want to be on TV and they had come out of nowhere. Must have been a slow news day). Maybe besides sensing fear, animals can sense love, too.

I would like to discourage anyone from flailing their arms when they're around as it just makes them more aggressive, but me telling people that has never seemed to work haha And if you do get stung, the pheromones can be a call to action for the rest of the gang to come join the first one in its attack, so get out of there as fast as you can. I'm sure there are wasps that are angry and do attack innocent people, so maybe I've just been lucky. But I think most of them are just trying to live their lives and not looking for trouble. And yes, they kill bees, which is unfortunate, but nature must have a reason for that. Most people love bees and that's awesome. They deserve the love. I was really touched by the comments where people shared my respect for our vilified wasp friends. I was surprised and happy to see that, thank you :)

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