21 June 2011

an alternative to the "lynx effect"

Pant Y Sais Fen, sunday, I didn't notice that this Misumena vatia female had a tasty meal of Scaeva pyrastri let alone the male lurking around the rear end! Don't know if the males bring a meal (a whopper for him in this case) sneak up on an occupied female, or this is just coincidence.

Thank god for cameras, my powers of observation are pretty poor!

4 comments:

amberdawn said...

A most excellent shot of my favourite spiders.

Mark Hipkin said...

Very nicely done Ian.

Anonymous said...

Nice shot Ian- sex, violence, mystery..it's got the lot. Johnny Woon

Barry Stewart said...

Any more like this Ian and I may have to put an adult content warning up. At Pant-y-sais of all places!