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Couple fined $1,500 for parking in own driveway (msn.com)

Hello; happy to not live in that place.
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Wow,likely ratted out by jealous neighbors who don't have such parking options....and how generous of the authorities for offering the couple the option of going through the expense and hassle of building a carport or a garage for which they will have to pay for building permits in order to continue to use the parking space.
 
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Hello; saw something yesterday. On my back sidewalk next to the house was a black wasp. The sort that flicks its wings every few seconds. The wasp was walking around an area near the brick wall. Near it was a fat spider. The spider was laying still on it's belly. I knew what had happened. Watched the wasp for a few minutes. The wasp eventually went back to the spider and started moving it. Eventually it dragged the spider into a weep hold in the brick wall. Those holes are in several places around the house for ventilation, I think.
Now i have a paralyzed spider inside my brick wall. Before the wasp left it will have deposited an egg on the spider. It had stung the spider with a venom which immobilizes the spider but lets it live. Over time that egg will hatch into a larva that eats the living spider. Not sure if the venom dulls the senses of the spider or if it feels the whole thing for as long as it lives.
I had known of this but never witnessed any part of it. Wish i had seen the battle. I saw a black wasp searching around the house the last few days. My guess is it was looking for a secure place to stash the spider and/or looking for a spider.

I leave most spiders alone except for a few dangerous sorts. Found a few black widows so far. Any one feel sorry for the spider?
 
skjl47 said:
Hello; saw something yesterday. On my back sidewalk next to the house was a black wasp. The sort that flicks its wings every few seconds. The wasp was walking around an area near the brick wall. Near it was a fat spider. The spider was laying still on it's belly. I knew what had happened. Watched the wasp for a few minutes. The wasp eventually went back to the spider and started moving it. Eventually it dragged the spider into a weep hold in the brick wall. Those holes are in several places around the house for ventilation, I think.
Now i have a paralyzed spider inside my brick wall. Before the wasp left it will have deposited an egg on the spider. It had stung the spider with a venom which immobilizes the spider but lets it live. Over time that egg will hatch into a larva that eats the living spider. Not sure if the venom dulls the senses of the spider or if it feels the whole thing for as long as it lives.
I had known of this but never witnessed any part of it. Wish i had seen the battle. I saw a black wasp searching around the house the last few days. My guess is it was looking for a secure place to stash the spider and/or looking for a spider.

I leave most spiders alone except for a few dangerous sorts. Found a few black widows so far. Any one feel sorry for the spider?
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Hello, sounds like the winged nemesis was a tarantula hawk?
 
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