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Catching a Predator - _TNY_8138

Here is one of the first shots taken with my new (ok, second-hand - but in mint condition) Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. So far I'm very happy with the upgrade.

 

A red wood ant (Formica rufa) dragging along a rustic wolf spider (Trochosa ruricola) back to the ant hill.

 

What I think has happened is that the spider was either killed or possibly paralyzed by a spider wasp of some sort and then the ant stumbled upon it and claimed it for herself.

 

Another shot taken a meter away of four more ants carrying another catch: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48115306022/

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Uploaded on June 6, 2019
Taken on April 19, 2019