Spider vs ?
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. Liz |
Spider vs ? Update
This might be it
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/spider_wasps.htm "Staycalm" wrote in message ... 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. Liz |
Spider vs ? Update 2
Actually - more like this:
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisb...SpiderWasp.htm "Staycalm" wrote in message ... 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. Liz |
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. |
Spider vs ? Update 2
"Staycalm" wrote in message u... Actually - more like this: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisb...SpiderWasp.htm Well that would have been my suggestion... or http://www.csiro.au/resources/ps1c5.html There are a few different spider wasps here .... hymenoptera I think .... and I'd have more info if DH hadn't swiped my copy of "Wildlife of Greater Brisbane" and taken it to work with him (a friend of mine wrote the section on wasps and I'm sure spider wasps are covered really well in that book). I believe there is a similar publication for Melbourne: http://www.unireps.com.au/isbn/0643092544.htm which, if its anything like the Brisbane version, lets you ID local native animals really easily (and with the sister book "Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane" most local native plants are also covered). Amanda |
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