My beloved cat-faced spider

Every evening I sit in the front garden, and, every evening just after 7, the huge orb-web cat-faced spider climbs down on a strand of silk and chooses what she's caught for her dinner.

She's beautiful.

But, yesterday, I found her dead on the garden slabs......during the night, some other garden inhabitant, attacked and killed her.......

Then, surprise, surprise, one of her babies appeared and took over the beautiful orb-web. So, she and I have introduced ourselves, and I sit and watch her feed off the prey caught in her mother's web..........

Isn't nature just wonderful??