BIRDS might not normally be on the menu for this Nephila spider but with around six parasitic husbands hanging around her web, she wasn't going to pass up a free lunch.

The sound of flapping wings alerted Queens Rd residents Glennys and John Hutton that something odd was happening between the trees directly above their backyard barbecue area earlier this week.



The commotion was coming from the doomed honey eater, which Ms Hutton said met a quick end at the fangs of the large spider.



"John's sister and her husband were sitting outside when they heard the bird flapping," she said.



"It came down, bit it (the bird) on the back of the neck and that was it, all in all it took about 30 seconds."



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