This little spider has found a soldier ant and jumped on it and bit its head. Immediately afterwards it began to bundle its legs with spider webs and the ant could not do anything to defend itself.
Shot taken with my Samsung Galaxy S9+
This little spider has found a soldier ant and jumped on it and bit its head. Immediately afterwards it began to bundle its legs with spider webs and the ant could not do anything to defend itself.
Shot taken with my Samsung Galaxy S9+
It looks like the abdomen of the ant is already somewhat cocooned (or mouldy?) in the moment when you took the picture?
I mean the ant was freely walking till the spider jumped on it and bit her and began to wrap it.
Yes it is. I witnessed the hunt from its very first moment but I took the pic when the ant was already practically dead and mostly wrapped in spider silk.
The spider kept wrapping the ant till I finally left the place.
Really nice!
Thanks. Pure Nature.