Dinner Is Served

Or rather it is caught ... injected with paralysing venom ... liquefied, and then the poor unfortunate (a hoverfly in this case) is drained to husk. Not a nice way to go ...

This is this years mandatory Garden Cross Spider blip ... there are plenty about at the moment at various stages of development. The have the most beautiful patterning on their abdomen which gives them their name. A wonderful bit of wildlife you can find outside your back door.