A Vicious Attack

Every day I inspect my veggie containers for any beastly creepies and I will remove those that I find - not kill them , just place them in an area away from my veggies.

Yesterday I did this and did not find any.

However, a few minutes later I saw a big black wasp flying around the containers - now, I do not like wasps as they often fly inside, so I stood by the door ready to waft this one away if he got too close.

He or she, was circling around the cherry tomatoes and then - wham! the wasp dived onto the growing tip of the tomato bush - and imagine my surprise when I saw that there was a green caterpillar there that was his target.

I rushed to get my phone so that I could take a photo, but the wasp was not having any of this, and I was just in time to see it carry the caterpillar away.

What really surprised me was the ferocious attack on the prey - it was really not nice to see and I actually felt sorry for the caterpillar.

I have never thought of a wasp as being something that would remove caterpillars - I actually have never given a thought to what they eat.

Anyway, the lesson that I learnt was that the wasp has better eye sight than me as I had not spotted that little caterpillar!

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What a very cool thing to witness! Good to know they've got your back!

Yes, they have earned respect!!

Yes, wasps are predators. Many species prey most commonly on spiders but the odd worm will do for some, too. Was it a paper wasp that you saw?

No I don't think so as it was very big and black.

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