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    this picture was taken whilst on holiday in fuerteventura.
    the spider had taken up residence outside our apartment, much to my wifes annoyance (she's petrified of spiders). i watched everyday as it made silk food parcels out of it's prey. i am pretty sure that it is a wasp spider. it had a stripey back. wasp spiders can be found in the south of britain and like everything else seem to be creeping slowly northwards.
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    Nice capture, I've seen one but never had a camera with me at the time.
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    found this picture of the spider with a food parcel...... dont think this was from the red cross though!!
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    That's great.
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    Very nice little creature.. and very well positioned on the fence... was it posing?

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