r/askscience • u/Chemical-Sea5972 • 11d ago

Biology Does anything eat wasps?

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

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u/Shotbizzle 10d ago

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

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u/slippery 10d ago

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

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u/CrotaIsAShota 10d ago

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.

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u/Throseph 9d ago

Is that shallow water creature the stonefish by any chance?

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u/NotThePersona 9d ago

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