One of the laws of nature is 'survival of the fittest' and the titles of prey and predator can sometimes change very quickly. I was mowing a field of dead grass and goldenrod when I watched a preying mantis fly by and into the web of a Black and Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia). The preying mantis suddenly went from a predator to prey and a sizable meal for the Garden Spider. I stopped my mowing to take a few pictures and release the preying mantis from the spider's web.
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