A mini spider and a short-palped cranefly
Today I found a pale,flaccid, freshly emerged short-palped cranefly, probably Limonia chorea, resting on the soil surface to harden its wings and exoskeleton generally before taking wing. Within minutes it had flown.
Nearby, between two leaves of a rush plant, a minute spider had spun a delicate orb web. (View the picture at full size for the detail)
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Is that the short-palped cranefly I see in the jaws of the spider?
No, it wasn't the short-palped cranefly - much too large for that little spider. I did try to work out what it was, but there wasn't enough left.
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