I know most of you out there don’t like posts with bugs and insects in them. But I do. So there!

I came across this spider yesterday after I mowed the back yard. Its web is right next to the pool deck in the honeysuckle bush.

I thought it’s markings were pretty and unusual. Look at those long legs!

I wasn’t happy with the first bunch of photos I took, so I went back out later to try again. This time the spider was doing something weird. Take a look.

It looks like it’s folded back on itself or something. I don’t know. I couldn’t figure it out. Strange.

A little later I went back again and this is what I saw. Aha! A tasty captive!

Spiders eat other spiders?

And here is the spider as seen from behind this morning. Waiting for more hapless captives I assume.

When I looked my spider up to see what kind it was I found that it was a Common Garden Spider. So, not so unusual at all. But still pretty. You might not agree!

These are very cool!  I spent several afternoons trying to get some shots of a web in one of the baskets on the front porch and ended up tossing almost all of them.  I even spayed it with some water so it would show up better.  None came out as good as yours…excellent!

Call me crazy, but I think there was some spider sex going on there. Maybe like the praying mantis, the female spider eats the male when she’s done with him?

How big is that spider? It looks HUGE from your photos, but I’m guessing it wasn’t as big as it looks.

Steve, maybe ... I hadn’t thought of spider sex before but the positioning of the spider’s body is very odd. The spider is not as big as it looks in the photos. Probably about three inches counting the length of its legs. Its body is pretty small.

Helene, glad you liked them. Thank You! I had some other web photos about a month ago, did you happen to see them?

I agree with Steve - they both look like the same kind of spider.  And the black widow does eat the male usually - unless the male is very very careful he becomes lunch!  I love spiders and other insects too.

C, I was thinking of spiders of one species eating another. When I first looked at these photos I thought the other spider was a daddy longlegs, but now you and Steve are making me question that! I knew the black widow eats the male but I didn’t know think other spiders did that too. Creepy.

We have theses spiders in NC, too and usually see them late Aug.thru October.They build huge webs very quickly and have a zigzag line going across the web.We call them writing spiders. I saw exactly what you did last year. I stood and watched a spider wrap up another one. After several days went by he wrapped himself up,too.Weird.

Bigsis, weird! Yes, zigzag line up the center. Still there too this a.m. even after our downpour of rain on Saturday. Tough spider!

A lovely looking spider but I’m not very brave near spiders - love how you have captured this spider though.

I am only brave keeping my distance, Joyce! I don’t want it on me—no way! I just point the zoom camera lens at it!