Spider Hunting Wasp

£40.00

Macromeris Violaceus is a parasitic spider wasp. Various colours and sizes. These parasitoid wasps use their sting to paralyse their prey before dragging it to a brood nest as living food. A single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva that eats the still-living prey. Found in Java and other countries.

 

FRAME SIZE 6" X 6" DEPTH 3CM

PRODUCTION TIME 5-7 WORKING DAYS

PLEASE NOTE ALL SPECIMENS DIFFER IN SIZE, COLOUR AND VARIATIONS