.......Said The Spider to the Fly

While having my coffee break today spotted Mr Spider taking his lunch break.

What alerted me was the buzzing. Bee was caught in web. Spider came out of lair sank it's fangs in and then dragged bee off to the larder.

 

Superb!! That is a shot in a million -- Well done indeed!

 

Thanks Hornbeam. It was quite fascinating watching it happens.
Shot a few frames in sequence, but have had to crop the animation to reduce file size ;

 

:eek:

 

Amazing :eek: Well done for catching that Dave!

 

somewhere in my mind comes the line of "come a little closer said the spider to the fly"

 

This one looks like a fly or spider will do (taken in my brother's garden last weds).

 

Praying mantis - Wow!! Where was that taken, Strongy?

Brilliant sequence of the hunting spider, Dave

 

Here's a few more. They were all taken in the garden in Crete last week.

The only stick insect I found.

One of the brown Mantis, half the size of the green.

 

These are all fantastic shots - particularly your spider/bee set-up, DAveW and Strongy's praying mantis!

 

Here's another of a mantis laying it's eggs on a wooden railing on a path at a resevoir.

 

Great pics strongy, roll on global warming, oneday we might get them in the UK. :D

 

That brown mantis pic is a real stunner Strongy!

 

Superp photos DaveW and Strongy!

Whilst I wouldn't mind a bit of global warming right now (Not that it's cold - just chucking down) I don't think I want the cockroaches that would come with it. :eek:

 

Supurb pictures, I particularly liked the brown mantis. Well done great pictures.