A beautiful female killer doing what comes naturally. All shot with a high speed video camera (slowmo) so the fast action of the kill can be studied easily. These spiders have amazing webs which can capture very large insects and some small animals.
This video is loosely based on the Space 1999 episode Dragon’s Domain.
In nature life and death go hand in hand, the insects death ensures the life of the spider.
Golden Orb Weaving Spiders are large spiders with silvery-grey to plum coloured bodies and brown-black, often yellow banded legs. The males are tiny and red-brown to brown in colour / color (US spelling)
Size range
2 cm – 4 cm (female), 5 mm (male)
Diet
Golden orb weaving spiders prey items include flies, beetles, locusts, wood moths and cicadas. Sometimes their strong webs manage to trap small birds or bats, and the spider will wrap them and feed upon them.
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Web Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophobia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon’s_Domain
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