Mangling the catch

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Orb weaver with Stalk eyed fly catch

Came across this beauty wrapping up the freshly caught prey, probably the stalked eyed fly, which were in abundant in this area and seemed to be mangling the whole prey and squeezing it into the tiniest size. The spiny beauty seemed a bit bothered by my presence and moved further off onto the mossy bark of the tree and tried blending into the wet surface of it. The predator, slowly, started feeding on the prey, probably the first one for the day, and remained in this location, mostly avoiding any form of motion to avoid getting detected, just my guess.

EXIF:
Canon 80D
Canon 100mm macro
F/18(combined two frames to get the higher depth of field)
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 500
Handheld, External flash fired

Location: Matheran

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see it in action with the prey. Good eye contact. Wish there was just a bit more space at the bottom to include its forelegs in full. Thanks for sharing.