NASTY BEASTIE

There I was, trying to take a photograph of a cobweb glistening in the evening sun when, voom, something dropped in front of my lens. It was a Spider, (they warrant a capital S). After a bit it abseiled back up into its lair. What I thought was just a dead and broken bit of leaf, turned out to be his "hide". Although I did manage clearer photos of the beast on the web, this one shows how well camouflaged he is from his prey, or me come to that, with his legs dangling down just waiting for a touch on his sticky web. Nasty piece of work.