Cross spider prepares dinner

A cross spider or European graden spider catches a bug and spins a cocoon around it for dinner later on. I was actually filming flowers when I saw the spider leaping to an insect and I was just in time to capture it catching the bug. You may have to rewind to see the beginning when she catches the bug because it happens very fast.

I used After Effects to enhance saturation up to 20%. I had to reposition the video in AE many times to keep the spider within view because it was a windy day and the web was swinging violently from left to right.
Video compression: Best Quality
Keyframes: 5
Please view in High quality because the normal quality doesn't give a good result.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• cross
• spider
• Araneus
• diadematus
• bug
• insects
• european
• garden

[raboodesign]

Well @Alchi652, it is after all a funeral for one of the insects, so... :-)

@linculus, thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated!

[liniculus]

Absolutely beautiful video of nature in motion.

[Alchi652]

fucking sad music!!! shit