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I watched a small beetle fly into the chaotic web of this widow, and once the beetle got really stuck, then the spider ran out from her hiding spot to wrap it up with silk. Her total body length was perhaps half an inch, excluding legs.

The ant mimic seen here dining on a crab spider caught my eye when I saw it struggling fiercely to force itself beneath a stone. Assuming it was looking for cover I budged the stone (visible in the second image out of focus/in the foreground) immediately the ant mimic subdued a hidden crab spider! I felt guilty for interfering however I did not anticipate that the behavior I’d seen was being predatory in seeking another spider which had taken shelter beneath the stone.