But cuckoo wasps are called parasitoids – they feed on and actually kill their hosts. They’re also cleptoparasites, because they steal their host’s provisions before they kill them. From the insect ...

Throughout Australia, a tiny wasp stings and paralyzes redback spiders before laying an egg that develops into a larva and slowly devours the dangerous ... Killer Spider Meets Its Match in Tiny Wasp.

Andrew Trevor-Jones, a visitor services officer at the Australian Museum told Yahoo 7 that the wasp doesn't actually kill the creepy crawly, but is able to pull it because she has paralysed it.

A young Australian boy's curiosity led to the discovery of a new habit from an overlooked wasp species: hunting a dangerous, widespread spider.

Yes, cicada killer wasps can grow to be more than an inch long, which sounds like a creature you’d find in the jungle or the Australian Outback. But they are found right here in Michigan.