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I have no clue what kind of war we were this is, but it was in a beautiful, war web that had recently caught this little yellow jacket. The bees are nice for the flowers, but it's a whole ecosystem, right?
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- Submitted: Oct 2, 2026
- Photographed: Oct 2, 2026
- Spider: Araneus diadematus (Cross Orb-weaver)
- Location: Bellevue , Washington, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Prey
Oct 6, 2026
Oct 6, 2026
Astoria, 
I had these spiders in my yard this year……because they were making webs on my neighbor’s car and he wasn’t cool with that. So I offered to adopt them to live in my yard. It’s odd in the photo that the spider has her head near the hornet’s stinger end. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before in a photo. Spiders appear to instinctively go for the nead. I feel bad when a spider kills another pollinator too. Yes, the ecosystem is the important thing. Spiders hunt in flowers to catch wasps and such, which probably makes them pollinators… Read more »