A Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia) was spotted during a photowalk along Deephole Point Road at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Prince William County, Virginia USA. A female Common Whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia) is trapped in the spider web.
10 SEP 2017 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Black and Yellow Argiope
“Eat or be eaten” is perhaps the most fundamental law of nature. Predator-prey relationships can change suddenly: one minute a predator, such as a dragonfly, is hunting for its next meal; next minute the dragonfly becomes the prey and is a meal for another predator, such as a spider, elsewhere in the food web.
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Tags: Argiope aurantia, Black and Yellow Argiope spider, Common Whitetail dragonfly, Family Libellulidae (Skimmers), Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Plathemis lydia, predator, prey
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