Rabidgremlin's Soapbox » Bugs http://blog.rabidgremlin.com A little soapbox for me to stand on and rant from. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:11:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Wasps in speakers http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2009/01/05/wasps-in-speakers/ http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2009/01/05/wasps-in-speakers/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:52:40 +0000 jack http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/?p=290 On Friday, whilst at my parent-in-laws, we chased a large bug out the lounge. After a couple of minutes it came back in and this time when we helped it out it dropped its payload (a giant spider) and revealed itself to be a wasp and disappeared out the window.

I didn’t think to much of it until I saw another wasp this morning hanging around the surround-sound speaker next to the TV. Guess what I found? Yep the wasp had been creating nests in the back of the speakers in the holes where the screws go. In fact there were two wasps hard at work.

They are both squished now but at least 4 holes have been sealed up. I’m not sure how we are going to dig out the nests.

Here are some pics:

The wasp filling in the hole The already filled in holes 'dead' spiders in the hole Close-up of the hole Spider dropped by wasp One of the wasps

For those of you who don’t know, wasps paralyze spiders, stick them in holes and then lay their eggs into the spiders. The young then hatch and feed on the spiders. Lovely…

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