This is the astonishing moment a giant black wasp was seen dragging a huntsman spider five times its size back to its nest.

Teerapong Krodkaew, 30, noticed the insect battle near his home in Surat Thani province, Thailand.

The truck driver was amazed how strong the bug was so he watched and recorded the scene on his phone.

Teerapong said: "Insects give me goosebumps. The spider was so much bigger than the wasp, I wondered if the spider is even dead.

"We tried following it to see where it was going and what it was doing with the spider. That big spider could last for days, even weeks, if it ate it.''

Teerapong followed the creature, believed to be a similar species to the Great Black Wasp native to North America, as it dragged the immobilised light brown spider.

It scurried through the grass and rocky ground before stopping when it noticed the man following him.

Teerapong backed off and ran away from the insect after it stopped appearing to jump on him.

The men then let the insect crawl away with its kill, still amazed by how a tiny insect could be so ferocious.