Wasps airlift annoying ants

In a scrap over food, being big and able to fly is an advantage

AIRBORNE from Science News on Vimeo.

A wasp, attracted to food, dispenses with a vexing ant by grabbing it, flying backward and then dropping its cargo.
Credit: J. Grangier and P.J. Lester/Biology Letters 2011

A kind of wasp that often flees from scary, acid-spraying ants turns out to have a strong move of its own.