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15-JUN-2004 Alexander Dudley

Spider eats frog

Gubara, Kakadu National Park, NT

While walking around a Pandanus palm at night with a torch, I came upon this rather macabre scene. A Dwarf tree frog, which
normally eats invertebrates, being eaten by a Pandanus huntsman spider. This surprised me as many Pandanus palms have
both spiders and frogs living amongst the fronds of the same tree. This brings a whole new meaning to the term "having the
neighbours over for dinner".

FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro ,Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro
1/125s f/22.0 at 59.0mm iso100, Metz 20 BC6, Starblitz 160-slave full exif

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J.C. Richardson III22-Oct-2005 14:45
Great Shot of the Spider and a sad one of the frog.
JC