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When you are invited to dinner in the animal kingdom,make sure you aren’t part of the menu.
A Dinner Guest
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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.
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I spied a bee sitting on the edge of one of the flowers. "Cool", I thought, "an opportunity!"
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Looking closer I found that the bee had become an unwilling dinner guest at the table set by a white spider.
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The bee had obviously put up a fight as she had a broken wing and looked pretty beat up.
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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.
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Finishing up, the spider took a moment to let the meal settle, and then...
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she carried the carcass to the edge of the blossom and pitched it over the edge!
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Having cleared the table, so to speak...
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done with the dishes, as it were..
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She made herself comfortable to wait for the next unsuspecting meal to buzz by.
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A fascinating evening, just outside the kitchen door.