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In my garden last week a bee was attacked by a spider. Surprisingly, the bee eventually got away. These were captured with the FZ200 and Raynox 250.

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Great capture! Not to mention educational. Not sure why a spider would attack a bee.
 
Wow.

Could be that the bee died later. The spider seems to inject a venom.
 
Two great shots of the darker side of nature. Well captured Dale and very interesting.
 
Fine documentary work, Dale.. good images, really like the fist picture for composition and good detail, excellent exposure, all the bright shades are right there ;-) .. well spotted and pictured, thanks for sharing.

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Florida Nature Photographer said:
Florida Nature Photographer wrote:

Great capture! Not to mention educational. Not sure why a spider would attack a bee.

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The spider attacked the bee because it was hungry. Spiders are "equal opportunity killers" :-|

Here is one that didn't get away - 8 years ago - Minolta Xi with close-up lens:



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Great documentation captured!! Thanks Dale for sharing.
 
Erik Ohlson said:
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The spider attacked the bee because it was hungry. Spiders are "equal opportunity killers" :-|
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Seems like it would be quite a mouthful. Thanks for the info.

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Wow! Great capture Dale. It sure looks like the spider has his fangs buried in the bee's abdomen. If he shot a load of venom in, the bee is destined for a very short life.

Excellent detail. Great timing.
 
Florida Nature Photographer said:
Florida Nature Photographer wrote:
Florida Nature Photographer said:
Erik Ohlson wrote:

The spider attacked the bee because it was hungry. Spiders are "equal opportunity killers" :-|
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Seems like it would be quite a mouthful. Thanks for the info.

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Spiders feed by sucking out all the juices - their venom helps to dissolve soft tissue in the victim.

Often you will see dried up husks of flies & such under a spider web.

These are not web-building spiders, these are "Crab Spiders" which match colors with parts of a flower and lie in wait with the long, curved front legs open like a trap, ready to grab insects which visit the flower.

-Erik



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