Garden spider + prey
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Garden spider + prey by Alan Hunt as part of the Geograph project.
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Garden spider + prey
Image: © Alan Hunt Taken: 5 Oct 2013
A garden spider (Araneus diadematus) with a freshly cocooned wasp which had just flown into the web. This is one of the commonest spiders in the UK and can easily be recognised by the white markings, often in the form of a cross, on its back.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.32247
Longitude
-0.639642