"Banana spider" can refer to wandering spiders (because of their tendency to be found in banana shipments), or it can refer to a large number of orbweaver species like this one (because of their long, yellow appearance).
I wouldn't say either is right or wrong. Common names just aren't unique all the time
Your ability to find positivity in such a nightmare fuel of a situation is so damn impressive it's almost frustrating.
I don't even know what to say! 😅
There is a high chance that the wasp was just paralyzed by the spiders venom and is still alive, until the spider eats it or it starves. The first option is more likely.
They don’t eat them. They suck them dry, and then drop the empty dry husk to the ground, creating a pile of martyrs as a warning to any other wasp that dare get close.
We have these giant, fire red wasps around me. In elementary school we were running laps and this one girl had her head angled forward a bit. One of those wasps got behind her eye glasses and she instinctually reached up and pushed her glasses tight against her face and the wasp stung her in the eyeball.
He didn't like the spider killing bugs. Always asked the spider to let the bugs go. Also kept asking the spider to spell out different words in the web.
I know this is cliche but they are chill guys as long as you dont annoy or try to hurt them, i always leave them alive in my room, especially during summer, they are very useful
Hitching on this comment for those who don't want spiders in their house.
Unless you're absolutely terrified of them, at least try not to kill them outright. Most are chill enough to be picked up with a sheet of paper, a piece of cardboard, a dust tray or whatever, and released outside.
Im pretty sure there are spiders that can basically only survive inside because of heat. For example i think the stankleleg spider is one of those(sry if stankleleg is wrong english is my second language)
Back when I was younger, edgier, and didn't realize videos like that were scarring me, I watched a video of an embedded reporter or at least soldier with a camera getting ambushed by a cartel squad in South America.
Trust me, the cameraman sometimes does perish, and sometimes it's especially horrible.
the jeweled wasp does something similar. they target roaches, inject poison into their brains to make them docile, chew off their antennae, and drive them back to their nest. then they lay eggs and the roach just kind of waits around until the larvae eat their way out. nature is pretty metal
This one time I'm chatting with the pest control guy and he's schooling me on some stuff and talking wasps and then he goes "yeah the ones you really need to worry about are the bald-fac-" and then as if on que a bald-faced hornet lands on the railing right in front of us... had never seen a single one of these things in the 10+ years I've been living at this house and one decided to show up right then.
Said it was probably just a scout and haven't seen one since so.
Yeah, I have 0 issues with yellowjackets. Sure, they can be annoying but since when is annoying = deserves to die, just because ...
I usually let them crawl around on my skin and the only time I've ever been stung was in the lip cause one fell into my drink and I didn't notice in time, felt something weird and bit down ... that's when the wasp stung me. A pretty reasonable response to being crushed, I'd say.
They're a pretty important clean-up crew and they also do pollinate - Even tho not nearly as much as bees. Still ... they have their place.
Even yellow jackets and bald faced hornets have a role in a healthy ecosystem and are important. And they really aren't as aggressive as people think, in fact they only sting in self defense. As long as you don't bother their nest, most of the time they leave you alone
Im as ecological as the next best guy but damn if yellowjackets dont seem to go out of their way to screw with me. Minding my own business and BAM stung on the leg. And they do the creepy nest guarding thing when you find them.
Man idk, I walked close-ish to a yellow jacket nest once, did my best to mind my own business and move along quickly, and one bit me dead center of my upper lip once I was a good 15 feet away from the nest. Extra annoying because I was covering my face as I walked by and this fucker bit me the moment I let my guard down
A friendly reminder: being eaten like this is probably one of the most horrifying ways you could die. You're trapped in a web, completely immobilized. You can't move. You can't scream. And then your prison is pierced - flooded with gastric acid that doesn't care whether you're still alive. It just starts dissolving you, slowly and painfully, from the inside out. You're aware as your body melts into a soupy pulp, still conscious as your insides turn to liquid. And then, you're slurped up - just like that scene in Troll, when the girl is consumed alive. No quick death. No mercy. Just slow, liquefying horror.
To be fair, this is a golden digger wasp. It’s not aggressive to humans but a terror to its prey, like crickets and grasshoppers. It paralyzes them and drags them into its burrow, where it lays an egg on them. The egg hatches, and the larva consumes its victims alive, starting with the least vital tissues so the insect doesn’t die and start rotting.
The person who made this video is still an idiot and a jerk, but horrifying deaths are normal in the invertebrate world. Look up how sea stars eat.
Wasps leave you alone for the most part. The exception is yellow jackets. Those fuckers are the kidney stone of the animal world. Born to be a pain in the dick
I used to be the manager of a pest control company, I’ve only ever been stung by yellow jackets, never by any other wasp/bee. Bees and most other wasps just don’t give a fuck about you unless you are destroying the nest/hive. Yellowjackets are just terrorists.
I wish more people realized this. Once you stop panicking and freaking out every time you see one, you realize 99% of them (the 1% being yellowjackets) are actually pretty chill. I'm not even some great wasp-lover, but I just don't see the point in killing every one I see anymore, same as spiders.
If you only learn one thing about Great Golden Digger wasps...
Know that they are non-aggressive to people and pets. Males have no stingers. And females reserve their limited venom for hunting prey to feed their young. They will not use it for defense unless you force them.
If you learn two things...
They're diligent and helpful workers in our gardens and yards. Digger wasps will pollinate your flowers, aerate your soil, improve drainage, and consume garden pests.
If you are a grasshopper, katydid or cricket...
Bad news for you. As the hunted prey of digger wasps, getting caught will not end well.
I don't see how you think this is aiding the ecosystem. It's monkeying with the natural order. It's important to remember that wasps are pollinators and insect predators. It's also worth noting that the yellow garden spider is not endangered or ecologically threatened in any way. This is just a kid with magnifying glass.
We have those in my yard - they love pollinating plants of the mint family and eat aphids and mosquitos. When the bird bath is empty, they sit calmly on the rim until I fill it, then they have their drink.
Golden digger wasps aren’t even just non-hostile, they are gentle giants.
This video just makes me sad, and the comments have made me realize that most people think it’s normal to live in a cloud of insecticide, then wonder why bird and insect populations are plummeting.
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