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Chipchopper | 18:35 Mon 14th Aug 2017 | Animals & Nature
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I was chilling out in the garden yesterday evening, when I saw a honey bee accidentally fly into a spiders web.
The spider, which was just a tad smaller than the bee, took one look at what was in its trap, turned around and ran off as fast as its eight legs would carry it.
After a couple of minutes the bee freed itself from the web and carried on with its business.
It set me thinking, is there any kind of arachnid that could handle a venomous bee or wasp in the UK ?
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judging from the web contents, the medium sized spiders in my potting shed certainly can
I've seen a large house spider take on a wasp and win. I've also seen a wasp kill a honey bee, dismember it and take it back to its nest.
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Some of those spider larders, you see in sheds can look creepy and macabre.

A further bit of research (on the web) told me that garden spiders will also kill and eat wasps.
Reminds me of a time when I saw a bee become entangled in a web and a spider came charging out of its corner .... it soon beat a hasty retreat when it saw what was there .... it was quite funny to watch.
The bee also escaped :)

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