Spider (Meta segmentata) catching a fly in its web and eating it.

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the orb web spider meta segmentata with its prey. In order to digest their prey, spiders first wrap the catch up in a silk coccoon, then inject an enzyme into the fly, which digests it from the inside. the resultant meal is a sort of soup, which the spider sucks up.

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Size: 5100px × 3386px
Location: Oxfordshire UK
Photo credit: © Julian Brooks / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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