- A wasp was captured dragging a huntsman spider across an Adelaide backyard
- Jace Watkins saw the insect pulling the spider from a concrete area at his home
- He quickly rushed inside to get a camera so he could film the wasp’s strength
- The spider is believed to be paralysed, making it easier for the wasp to drag her
This is the terrifying moment a wasp is captured dragging a huntsman spider across an Adelaide backyard in front of a horrified family.
Jace Watkins noticed the insect pulling the spider from a concrete area over to a patch of grass at his residence in Mansfield Park.
He quickly rushed inside to get a camera so he could film the strength of the wasp as it dragged its prey to privacy.
A wasp was captured dragging a huntsman spider (pictured) across an Adelaide backyard
Jace Watkins saw the insect pulling the spider from a concrete area at his home and ran inside to grab a camera
‘We were playing out in the backyard and the huntsman fell from the roof… and that’s when we saw the wasp come down and it started dragging it,’ Mr Watkins told Yahoo 7.
‘The kids screamed… I have a real fear of them (spiders) so to see that was pretty cool,’ Mr Watkins said.
Andrew Trevor-Jones, a visitor services officer at the Australian Museum, said the spider would have been paralysed, making it easier for the wasp to haul the creepy crawly.
At the end of the clip, the wasp flies away from the huntsman however Mr Trevor-Jones explained it was likely because of the attention the pair were getting from the excited family.
‘It’s not going to give up that spider after its gone to all that trouble,’ he said.
The spider is believed to be paralysed, making it easier for the wasp to drag her