| Re: spider caught a spider hunter !
Yes those photos do suggest that it was the wasp which was dragging the spider and not the other way around. They can drag a spider, which is considerably bigger than them, along the ground at remarkable speed. They use their wings and jump around a bit so they can have all feet off the ground yet still be the one in charge.
Those leg views certainly look like a pompilid wasp. A. nigerrimus would be a good guess but it will be impossible to be absolutely certain from those photos.
And the spider abdomen does look like a lycosidae species, which is a favourite prey. |