When I was out shooting dragonflies, I discovered this little female Sympetrum sanguinium getting caught in the web of a Araneus quadratus spider. My first thought was to free her but then I would not interfere with nature. Spiders have to live too and they are doing such hard and fascinating work creating their web. I felt at the same time happy for the spider and sorry for the dragonfly.

Within a short time the spider had killed the dragonfly. Notice how she sheds her eggs at that moment. The spider then wrapped her in some web and dragged her up in a little shelter of leaves.