Macro of European Garden Spider feeding on snout beetle

Wait for the mistake, wrap it up, and suck it dry....repeat.

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Claire Hamilton

Lion

Gross Ferdy! Excellent macro though! Posted 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Claire! Posted 11 years ago

Shubham Rathore

Snow Leopard

I am working on spiders as a student of bchem....you are a very lucky man to get this shot :D Posted 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  How so? Is it an uncommon sight? Posted 11 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

I think this is an Agalenatea redii, although the pattern seems to be variable.
http://www.welokee.nl/spiders/en/species.php?spec=aga-redii
http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/esp-page.php?genre=Agalenatea&espece=redii
http://www.arabel.ugent.be/nl.php?page=gal&fam=66
http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Agalenatea+redii
http://wiki.spinnen-forum.de/index.php?title=Agalenatea_redii Posted 10 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you for the correction, Wildflower. The European garden spider has so much variety that I may be too easy in using it for identification. Posted 10 years ago

The Gorse Orbweaver

"Agalenatea redii" is a species of 'orbweavers' belonging to the family Araneidae subfamily Araneinae. This species is present in most of Europe and in central Asia.

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By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded May 25, 2014. Captured May 16, 2014 16:09.

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