A freshly emerged club-tailed dragonfly (Gomphus vulgatissimus) caught by a bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius)

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A freshly emerged club-tailed dragonfly (Gomphus vulgatissimus) caught by a bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) before its wings had hardened enough to allow it to fly. Goring-on-Thames, south Oxfordshire, May.

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Size: 5100px × 3386px
Location: Goring-on-Thames, south Oxfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
Photo credit: © DP Wildlife Invertebrates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animal, arachnid, bridge, club-tailed, dragonfly, ecology, environment, gomphus, insect, invertebrate, larinioides, nature, predator, prey, sclopetarius, spider, vulgatissimus, wildlife