Catching a Predator, pt. 3 - _TNY_8139
Here is one of the first shots taken after upgrading from the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro to a new (ok, second-hand - but in mint condition) Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.
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.
Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48014972283/
Pt. 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48906462162/
Catching a Predator, pt. 3 - _TNY_8139
Here is one of the first shots taken after upgrading from the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro to a new (ok, second-hand - but in mint condition) Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.
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.
Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48014972283/
Pt. 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48906462162/