The Fight (spider and shield bug) by lorandbartho
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Description
This is no crab spider, since I promised not to show you any more, at least for a while.
"The fight" was rather unilateral; the shieldbug was inactive. The spider, however, could not bite it (shields may be useful even today) and finally dropped it. The quality of this slide-based image has its weeknesses, but I hope you find the scene interesting.
Comments (14)
durleybeachbum
Heroic! What a marvellous catch you (both) made here! The photo shows how much the spider would like to hang on to its prize. That's a super coloured body, I've not seen that one.
lorandbartho
May be an Eresus species, but I am not sure. If so, it can only be Eresus cinnabarius (sorry, I don't know the English name), because this is the only representative of the family Eresidae. Probably male. Thanks for viewing! Kind greetings, Lorand
busi2ness
Oh definitely interesting illustrating counter measures plus your observations. Excellent capture.
flora-crassella
...das ist eine Spinne! Wunderschön rot! Tolle Aufnahme!
timtripp
amazing image!
awjay
super shot
Liam.
Very neat
virginiese
intereseting scene. Nature is fascinating !
MrsLubner
Lovely presentation making the most of this excellent and interesting macro.
_Bee
The spider looks very happy with his and yours great capture.
jocko500
the bug wins today. spider may tomorrow. cool shot
Janiss
Interesting shot and original presentation!
moochagoo
Wow, creepy !!! :)
MOSKETON
escena cruel, pero, es la realidad de la vida en foto.