Spider catching a bird

[rpm]

Spider catching a bird (photo floating around the Internet)

 

[Azbubu]

Well it couldn't get a turkey for Thanksgiving so close enough.

 

[Sinbad]

I already posted it in the "identify this spider" thread just to give the arachnophobes some perspective on rain spiders

 

[ShaunSA]

That's an effing bid bird which means that spider is huge!

 

[Wikkels88]

I already posted it in the "identify this spider" thread just to give the arachnophobes some perspective on rain spiders

That a rain spider

 

[B.K]

That a rain spider

Its a golden silk orb-weavers spider

This was the text I saw with the pic

This photograph is of a Golden orb weaver spider capturing and devouring a Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin.
Golden silk orb weavers are widespread in warmer regions throughout the world, with species in Australia, Asia, Africa (including Madagascar), and the Americas.
This individual was snapped in Australia. Golden orb weavers are noted for their impressive webs, which can capture animals several times their size.

And here is one trying to eat a snake..... http://www.webpronews.com/golden-orb-spider-devouring-a-snake-nope-2012-04

And people want to move to Australia :wtf:

 

[nanonyous]

Golden silk orb weavers are widespread in warmer regions throughout the world, with species in Australia, Asia, Africa (including Madagascar), and the Americas.

Read: Nowhere is safe, burn the world!

 

[Budza]

Mantis vs Bird

[video=youtube;dDxwN3HEU5o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxwN3HEU5o[/video]

Nature

 

[Wikkels88]

Its a golden silk orb-weavers spider

This was the text I saw with the pic



And here is one trying to eat a snake..... http://www.webpronews.com/golden-orb-spider-devouring-a-snake-nope-2012-04

And people want to move to Australia :wtf:

Now that you mention the name and after some googling, I swore I've seen some of these orb spiders in the bushveld, but much smaller

Something more like this http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6121/5948352895_89c96b116b_z.jpg

 

[nanonyous]

There are a wide variety of orb spiders that look very much alike but have somewhat different diets.

I really hate spiders. This is a small sample of what happened in our garden last summer.

[video=youtube;Tohk7DHeZcE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tohk7DHeZcE&feature=g-upl[/video]

I won't kill spiders aside from black widows, mind you, but I don't want the things near/in the same room as me if I can help it either.