Hibiscus Harlequin Bug, Tectocoris diophthalmus, was caught in the Golden Orb-weaver spider web, and the spider went to rescue the bug and released it from the trap. Either the bug was big for the spider, or it was too stinky/ uneatable for the predator, or it was act of a female solidarity (both are females). The Harlequin Bugs are quite big, over two centimeters in length, so, it gives the idea about the spider's size. It was happen so quick that I took just one picture. Fuji X10, Aperture priority mode, iso 200, 1/100 sec, F6.4.
Below is the picture of the same Golden Orb-weaver spider, Nephila sp., from Nephilidae family. I think it is a female of Nephila plumipes, or N. ornata (old name for the same species?). Fuji X10, iso 200, 1/170 sec, F5.7. The original image was cropped a little bit in GIMP and resized.
Just in case I posted the 100% crop of the spider's body. Click on image to see a bigger size. All picture were taken in Victoria park, Herston, Brisbane, on January 31, 2012.
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