Based on true events

To be the villain and the victim in one fell swoop of a second would be overwhelming whether for moth, midge or spider. Yet both spider and moth experienced it, both on a cold day, in a contest of life under grey clouds. The moth was the first to play the victim, for, being wearied of the cold stone siding of an immense house, he fluttered frenziedly off with glistening wings. But he was destined to not go far, and soon the villain appeared and figuratively took centre stage. For, in the restless fluttering that the moth had begun, he had forgotten to watch where he was flying, and went whizz! right into the arachnid’s web. The spider lost no time, for survival in such circumstances hangs on a thread, and he, like many a creature, was hungry. The moth flicked his wings desperately, but the spider was already upon him and throwing a silk net about him. Life seemed to have come to an end for the victim, had not the tables turned. So much did they spin, in fact, that soon the victim transformed into the villain, for the moth thrust his wings so frenziedly about that hardly had the spider swung one net of silk upon him when he passed the boundaries of the web, and escaped, leaving the spider, a most miserable victim, until another meal came its way. Ah, such is life!

Spiders
Class Arachnida

Spiders are related to scorpions, and the lesser-known Pseudoscorpions, Sun-spiders, Whip-spiders, Whip-scorpions, Harvestmen, Mites and Ticks. Indeed, they have very interesting and varied relations, just as they have interesting and varied webs. There are species that create tangled webs, sheet webs, and tunnel webs, but the best known are the wheel-shaped orb-webs. In or backyard in the springtime, I often see  hordes of young spiders, so tiny and sweet, all congregating together and making nursery webs. I am afraid  that it might be a case of survival of the fittest for them, because I once saw one eating another. Perhaps it was already dead, for I did not notice that behaviour among any of the others who met and crowded with each other. I must say that it was amusing to behold these spiderlings spinning their webs, swaying their forelegs as if the strings (no pun intended) were an orchestra, and they were the conductors. Soon they made a hot-air balloon out of silk and disappeared the day after. Spiders, in general, live pretty much any where, and eat pretty much anything insect-like and edible, though one is known to have vegetarian meals instead. I read that they live in every terrestrial  habitat.This said, I know a family of spiders that live in water called Cybaeid Spiders. Nature is so full of exceptions.

Moths
Order Lepidoptera

Moths can be usually distinguished from butterflies by their night-time habits, and their plumed antennae. But in some species there are exceptions. In fact, quite few. Many moths have thread-like antennae, and there is even a whole family called the Uraniid Moths who fly in the daytime, and look very much like butterflies. Some moths have clear wings, and look like wasps, while others, like our own Polyphemus Moth, which has 11cm of wingspan, are quite large. All moths, when observed well and closely, are spectacular.