Noble false widow spider found preying on pygmy shrew

Source: ScienceDaily

Scientists have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in Ireland. The pygmy shrew — a protected mammal — was captured on spider’s web on a bedroom window, then paralyzed and hoisted to its doom by the invasive spider.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230221113007.htm