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I was able to capture these images for La Vanguardia Readers' Photos in Muntanyola, Osona region. It is a tiger spider or wasp spider, it is known by these names due to the similarity in their colors.
I was able to photograph just the moment when I captured the lobster, already preparing the thick spider web to wrap it. And when the lobster was already wrapped in the hands of the spider.
Supposedly this tiger spider was a female, as it was quite large and, in this species, the female is three times larger than the male.
The tiger spider builds a spiral web at dusk or in the dark, taking about an hour to complete.
When a prey makes its first contact in the web, the tiger spider quickly immobilizes it by enclosing it in its silk thread. The prey is then stung, injected with a paralyzing poison and a protein-dissolving enzyme.
