Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus)
Sometimes one can be in just the right place at the right time.
I was observing this tiny Zebra Spider in the long grass of my garden when I noticed its attention had been attracted to a fly. By the time I grabbed my camera, it had pounced (more of that another day) and had become a little more difficult for mew to access, but I still managed to capture some decent footage of this master at work.
(Given how close I was to the action, the focus is a little off to begin with, but stick with it)

The zebra spider is a common jumping spider of the Northern Hemisphere. Like other jumping spiders it does not build a web. It has a particularly large pair of forward facing eyes that help it to locate and stalk its prey before pouncing on it.
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Presumably it's letting the venom complete its job before returning to consume?
I have some further interesting footage which I'll post later. Posted 4 years ago