Sewing Machine Spider

Also known as the argiope spider or garden spider...and apparently known for not being kind to its mate....

"The male is tiny, perhaps a 1/4-inch long. He builds a similar, but tiny, web with a zigzag stitch, in the outlying edges of a female's web. At the opportune time, he moves in to mate. In thanks, she then kills him, wraps him in silk and eats him for dinner!"

Amazing what you can learn by blipping...