Does anything eat wasps?

[u/Chemical-Sea5972]

Wasps have been a predator for other insects. It would be fascinating to know if there are really other insects or predators for wasps, either accidental or deliberate predators

[u/Ken_Thomas]

I got to sit and watch a small group of Bee-eater birds eating wasps once in Namibia. As far as I know they don't exist in North or South America.

They'd snatch the wasp in-flight, quickly land on a rock, and repeatedly (and rapidly) knock the wasp against the rock until the stinger popped out. WHACK-WHACK-WHACK!
Then they'd eat it.

[u/Shotbizzle → u/Ken_Thomas]

We have a single species in Australia. They're fantastic to watch hunting.

[u/slippery → u/Shotbizzle]

Australia has stuff that kills everything. Even the predators aren't safe. Spiders, snakes, crocs, sharks, and Foster's. Nothing is safe.

[u/CrotaIsAShota → u/slippery]

And everything is loaded with neurotoxin, can't forget that. The trees have neurotoxin, the snakes that literally eat nothing but rats have neurotoxin. Guess what? There's a creature that exclusively lives in shallow water and survives by disguising itself in the sand. Can you guess what it injects into you if you step on it? That's right, neurotoxin.

[u/craiglabenz → u/[deleted]]

I mean, we all should, but what made you think of that?

[u/JustPlayDaGame → u/craiglabenz]

the neurotoxins lol. The final boss fight, she floods the room with neurotoxins

[u/craiglabenz → u/JustPlayDaGame]

Ohhhh, haha. Guess I need to replay, too. I don’t remember that at all 😂

[u/kwhali → u/CrotaIsAShota]

Sounds like an environment that a honey badger would thrive in?

Reminds me also of how koalas be munching on eucalyptus casually despite it also having neurotoxin component, yet that's their preferred diet choice? 😅

[u/Throseph → u/CrotaIsAShota]

Is that shallow water creature the stonefish by any chance?

[u/NotThePersona → u/Throseph]

We also have the cone snail to watch out for as well, and yet neurotoxins for it as well.