Everyone sat in tall wavy grass at water's edge until Betty told us about the tarantula wasps flying around, which lay eggs on hapless arachnids so the larvae can eat the host alive.
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This action can be used to successfully escape predators such as the " Pompilidae " tarantula wasps, which lay their eggs in a paralyzed spider for their larvae to feed on when they hatch.
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In studies on the tarantula wasp " Hemipepsis ustulata ", larger males are more likely to acquire perch territories and territorial males appear to increase their chances of mating because receptive females fly to perch sites held by said males.