Getting Out of the Way - _TNY_0374
When framing this shot, I was just trying to get this very worn female grey-banded mining bee (Andrena denticulata) from a good angle on the heart-leaf oxeye (Telekia speciosa).
But when I got home and looked at it on the computer monitor, I noticed there was another character in this scene. Did you notice the tiny white goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) in the lower left corner?
When growing up, this spider will try and ambush bees like this visiting "its" flower, but striking this one is probably a bit ambitious here...
Getting Out of the Way - _TNY_0374
When framing this shot, I was just trying to get this very worn female grey-banded mining bee (Andrena denticulata) from a good angle on the heart-leaf oxeye (Telekia speciosa).
But when I got home and looked at it on the computer monitor, I noticed there was another character in this scene. Did you notice the tiny white goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) in the lower left corner?
When growing up, this spider will try and ambush bees like this visiting "its" flower, but striking this one is probably a bit ambitious here...