An amateur photographer has captured the rare moment that a bee decided to move in with a wolf spider in central Queensland.

Laurence Sanders, 61, was walking through the botanical gardens at Emerald earlier this month to take some pictures of jumping spiders when he spotted something out of the corner of his eye.

The leafcutter bee and wolf spider checking out the surrounds. Credit:Laurence Sanders.

“I was just walking along looking in the leaf litter and I noticed some movement. I saw a big hole and something must have dived down there,” he said.

The Queensland Rail employee decided to investigate further and laid down on the ground to watch the hole up close and see what would come out.