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Old 18-03-2007, 12:29 PM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Spider vs ?

Staycalm wrote:
Daughter and I have watched a bug (wasp?) drag a rather large huntsman/wolf
spider across the grass to a hole in the ground near the path. The spider
was fully paralized and the bug even left it briefly on the path while it
checked out it's hole. I imagine it will be used as a breeding object for
the bugs.
The wasp? was very bright orange but didn't seem to have a large stinger. It
could hang on to the spider and drag it.
Anyone have an idea of what it might be? I am in Melbourne.


Had something similar recently.
Similar description. It had snipped the legs off the huntsman.
Funny thing was it was actually dragging it 5' up the side of a covered
stand in the back garden.