Hello Greedy Spider

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  1. rosa

    rosa Gardener

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    took these pics in my friends garden of this spider with what looks like a moth.

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    Enough there for a family of four Rosa!
    Nice capture.
     
  3. rosa

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    thanks Davew, my friend spotted it in her garden, i guess it is a moth some size dont know were it got that from the greedy little thing haha
     
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    Nice image, Rosa. I don't mind spiders from a distance, just as long as I don't get one of them on me....
     
  5. Little Miss Road Rage

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    Wow great pics there has the spider wrapped it in his web
     
  6. rosa

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    thanks strawman and kelly, i wouldnt want the spider on me also strawman hehe and kelly yes its on it web the spider was wrapping it around i guess when i took these pics
     
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    Great pics Rosa, I love spiders as well as reptiles (as you know), looks like a meal for a month, after it has injected the prey with venom which disolves the insides so it can suck it out, Yum yum.:D
     
  8. lollipop

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    brilliant catch Rosa-I love spiders too, love watching them.
     
  9. rosa

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    thanks strongy and lollipop, was quite pleased with the pics i got, was just wondering i watched a programme last night and im sure is this a chrisilas it has captured as it was about butterflies and the pic they showed looked excactly like that.
     
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    Not sure Rosa as spiders only catch moving prey and a chrysalis would be static. Reckon it was a moth as you first thought.:)
     
  11. Kandy

    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    Sorry Rosa,I missed this thread.:dh: Mr Sidney spider looks like he is going to have a great feast on that wee beasy.:D

    I wonder in the great scheme of things exactly how long that meal will last him until he has to eat again because his stomache can't be that big:D
     
  12. rosa

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    thats ok kandy, its some size unless he has friends and hes going to have a party haha.

    strongy when i watched the butterfly programme seen the chrisalis it just looked like that what greedy spider has got
     
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