Predator vs. Prey

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From Xplor: May/June 2019
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This Issue: Summer Tanager vs. Northern Paper Wasp

Top Billing

The bird has sharp eyes and strong wings, but it leads with its beak.

Bottom Bayonet

The little wasp also has super sight and wing power, but its stinger can deliver big pain.

And the winner is…

Big win for the male tanager. He snaps the wasp right out of the air, bashes it against a branch, and feeds it to his nestlings.

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This Issue's Staff

Bonnie Chasteen
Les Fortenberry
Karen Hudson
Angie Daly Morfeld
Noppadol Paothong
Marci Porter
Mark Raithel
Laura Scheuler
Matt Seek
David Stonner
Nichole LeClair Terrill
Stephanie Thurber
Cliff White