Serpentess
Very Well-Known Member
At work yesterday, in the 600m sky tower (I'm a camera operator at the races) a large Australian Funnel Web had called a little clay (and webbed) mound in a space of the tin wall it's home. Definitely was a funnel web spider, by the way. I think this clay mound was possibly once a wasp nest (as there is literally hundreds of empty wasp nests in that tower). This is about 30cm away from where I stand when filming.
Anyway, about 15mins before a race a 'Yellow Antenna Black Spider Wasp' found the funnel web's home and decided to give him hell. Haha. The spider wasp would crawl in and the funnel web would charge out and then quickly retreat. The spider wasp tried to enter the bottom of the mound and the top of the mound but was charged each time. Finally I saw the spider wasp crawl in and come rushing back out, falling to the ground and flying off to never be seen again.
Thought this was interesting so I decided to share the story for anyone with an interest in those animals. The weirdest part of this for me is the funnel webs choice of residence. This tower is a good 10m-15m high, the funnel web was in a mound on the wall (at my thigh height). Never heard of that before.
Once again, this was definitely a funnel web, I got a real good, close look at him when the wasp disappeared. Apologies for the lack of pictures, I only had my phone with me and it fails terribly at taking photos.
Anyway, about 15mins before a race a 'Yellow Antenna Black Spider Wasp' found the funnel web's home and decided to give him hell. Haha. The spider wasp would crawl in and the funnel web would charge out and then quickly retreat. The spider wasp tried to enter the bottom of the mound and the top of the mound but was charged each time. Finally I saw the spider wasp crawl in and come rushing back out, falling to the ground and flying off to never be seen again.
Thought this was interesting so I decided to share the story for anyone with an interest in those animals. The weirdest part of this for me is the funnel webs choice of residence. This tower is a good 10m-15m high, the funnel web was in a mound on the wall (at my thigh height). Never heard of that before.
Once again, this was definitely a funnel web, I got a real good, close look at him when the wasp disappeared. Apologies for the lack of pictures, I only had my phone with me and it fails terribly at taking photos.