The weather has been very pleasant recently so I decided to take a walk up the hill at the back of my village. There I saw a big fat caterpillar happily feeding on a small tree.
Suddenly, two wasps were flying over to the tree. Within seconds, they started attacking the caterpillar, the head first and then the tail.
Suddenly, two wasps were flying over to the tree. Within seconds, they started attacking the caterpillar, the head first and then the tail.
The stings must have been really painful but the caterpillar was fighting very hard by shaking its head violently.
The conflict lasted for a couple of minutes and eventually the wasps gave up and flew away. The poor caterpillar was in agony but it didn’t look as though it was very badly injured.
I was relieved for the caterpillar and thought it was its lucky day.
As I was about to leave the caterpillar to recover from its ordeal, suddenly, a huge hornet flew straight over. Before I even held my camera up, the caterpillar was in pieces!
The hornet was so vicious that within seconds, the caterpillar’s insides were all over the place.
The hornet must have been very hungry and before I knew it, most of the caterpillar flesh was gone.
Then the hornet carefully folded up some of the remaining flesh and flew away with it.
This was all left of the once big fat caterpillar.
I guess there must be a hornets’ nest nearby. I thought about looking for it for a second but I remembered that I have read somewhere that if under threat, hornets can mobilize the entire nest to sting. I left immediately.
