You Shall Not Pass! - _TNY_3566

Here is another scene from the same thistle I posted a couple of days ago where a crab spider was eating a hoverfly.

 

This is a click beetle known as Prosternon tessellatum which appears to have angered a bunch of black garden ants (Lasius niger) or similar species.

 

There was no further confrontation than this though, the beetle turned around and went the other way.

Done