When you are invited to dinner in the animal kingdom,make sure you aren’t part of the menu.

A Dinner Guest

The other day, I went out into the garden to see what I could find to photograph.

The Shasta Daisies were just coming into season, and with their bright white flowers with orange centers, I decided to start there.

I spied a bee sitting on the edge of one of the flowers. "Cool", I thought, "an opportunity!"

Looking closer I found that the bee had become an unwilling dinner guest at the table set by a white spider.

The bee had obviously put up a fight as she had a broken wing and looked pretty beat up.

The spider didn't waste any time biting down into the bee, sucking out its juices. It turned the hapless bee several times to get the most of its meal.

Finishing up, the spider took a moment to let the meal settle, and then...

she carried the carcass to the edge of the blossom and pitched it over the edge!

Having cleared the table, so to speak...

done with the dishes, as it were..

She made herself comfortable to wait for the next unsuspecting meal to buzz by.

A fascinating evening, just outside the kitchen door.