Web ecosystem

[Deroplatys]

Couple of years ago we went to Alicante in Spain for 2 weeks, there were these amazing large orb weavers there, and one day i found one web which contained the whole shebang if thats how you spell it:p
If anyone can give me an ID on both the species that would be great :)
Anyway on this web i found a large adult female i think feeding on a wasp, accompanied by her adult male, and also a bunch of spider lodgers.

Heres the adult female

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/3214377525_05b63319c8_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3215227878_7aabae51ba_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3214377949_02e2b34ee4_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3214378185_486fe6d0c9_o.jpg

Heres her catch and her enjoying it

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3215228438_86cf283ce1_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/3215228692_e8802b4665_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3494/3215228768_483bcf45f2_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3215228574_e8111e7538_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3215228638_533aba9bf9_o.jpg

Heres her mate

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/3215228812_4a5ecb3305_o.jpg

And heres some of the spiders living on her web

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3214378231_34d2719fd4_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3215228858_3bec4d3bf6_o.jpg

[What]

The spider whose web it is happens to be an Argiope sp. and the spiders living in the web are Argyrodes sp....

Edit: Argiope seems to be A. lobata

[Bastian Drolshagen]

hi,
I agree: Argiope lobata male and female. The small one is a thief spider (Argyrodes gibbosus).

[LeilaNami]

hi,
I agree: Argiope lobata male and female. The small one is a thief spider (Argyrodes gibbosus).

So what's she stealing? :razz:

[lucanidae]

Smaller items that the Argiope ignores, or perhaps occasionally food right out of Argiope's mouth.

[Malhavoc's]

I believe also the thief spider will occasionaly nab the smaller male from time to time. but don't qoute me on that.