Yellow Garden Spider With Its Prey

Yellow garden spiders commonly build a web close to an open sunny place where they can conceal and protect themselves from the wind. It was sunny when I came to notice this spider near the swamp was fighting with a grasshopper in the web. I used its busy time to take some photos from various angles and found that this spider did not move quite a lot. The yellow garden spider belongs to the Araneidae family and often stays in one place throughout much of their lifetime. Most spiders have two claws on each foot, but yellow garden spiders have an additional claws help them spin their complex webs. Having long legs can also help them catch prey and place it under their legs, and the venom they produce can immobilize prey such as bees, flies, and other insects that accidentally get caught in the web. Perhaps it was happy to have a big prey and could save the day. So here are some pictures of a yellow garden spider that I captured a while ago near the swamp, which somehow amazed me with its strength and the skill that they use to build a complex web. Nature never stops to amaze us with incredible living creatures.