To the victor...

...go the spoils!

But the victor has paid a price for his cannibal meal as he lost a leg in the skirmish. This spider doesn't appear to spin a web as such, rather it lays out 'trip wires' over a wide area and waits for something to trigger the alarm - in this case, another spider.

[Janiskay]

Interesting! it looks like a Daddy Long Legs which does indeed weave an irregular tangled web. So perhaps this is a daddy long legs look-a-like.

[Corinne]

Good spiders are dead spiders !

[Richard Sayer]

@janiskay The creature normally called a 'Daddy Long Legs' in Europe is the Crane Fly: this I think is sometimes called a Daddy Long Legs Spider but its more common name is Cellar Spider, and its proper name is Pholcus Phalangioides. They often prey on other spider species, as this one has done. I'm waiting for Joan to come up and say 'Nice bugs!' ;-)

[Taryn Oakley]

nice shot!

[smiffy]

very nice idea

[Kate]

Interesting, great photo!

[Graeme Stevens]

Very cool shot, I'm not a huge fan of spiders up close and personal but I like this

[Janiskay]

@vignouse ok you officially made me laugh, I will have to look this one up later.

[Janiskay]

Ok I stand corrected I should have said "Daddy Long Legs Spider' I have always referred to them as just Daddy Long legs.

[Joan Robillard]

I will not disappoint. Nice bugs. Poor bug.

[Joan Robillard]

And for the record I usually skip spider pictures.

[Annie D]

ah the cycle of life and the sacrifices made - fabulous image - I love spiders

[Trinda Love]

Interesting shot

[Laetitia Petrussa]

Hooray for the winner!

[Pete Roberts]

Good capture Richard not something you see very often

[Jocasta]

Great macro - the detail is s great.

[Margaret Obey]

Amazing find and capture

[Shelley]

Great capture. Sure does tell a story.

[David]

Very well spotted and photographed

[Krista Marson]

gruesomely impressive.

[Keith Porteous]

Great capture Richard! These cunning chaps will shake another spiders Web to mimic a trapped prey then use the enormous front legs to pounce when the spider pops out to see what's for lunch.