Caption

Wheel web spider (Araneidae) adult spider hangs upside down in a fine wheel web and holds a captured fly in its mouthparts, detailed close-up with visible spider threads, selective sharpness, calm greenish background, soft light, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 28, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Manuela Hartmann

Reference

BRK25M63_334

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34.1Mb (4.6Mb) / 9.4in x 14.1in / 2820 x 4230 (300dpi)

Keywords

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