Garden spider catching and eating a fly
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I was shooting some macro stills of a spider when a large fly flew into her web. Sadly, wasn't quick enough to capture the fight (it lasted all of about 2 seconds) but was quite interested in how she wrapped it up, took it back to the centre of her web (washed her hands!) and proceeded to feed. Not a good day for the fly.
This is a common UK garden spider, about 20mm from head to abdomen, leg span of about 40mm.
Sorry for poor focus, my macro lens has a tiny depth of field (5mm-ish), so it was quite hard to keep her sharp!