wrong place, wrong time

I think this is a huntsman spider. It shot out like a rocket when this poor bumble bee landed nearby and It was all over in a flash. After subduing it, she dragged it off to where she had been hiding

Liked by pauljay

Uploaded20/06/2016 - 01:03

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-5

Shutter Speed1/60

Aperturef/16

LensN/A

ISO100

Focal Length50mm

Unique Views / Likes34/1

Tagsspider bumble bee hunting capture

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Date Taken	18/06/2016 - 17:06
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/60
Aperture	f/16
ISO	100
Focal Length	50mm
Lens	N/A

nocturnal nocturnal

122 posts
13 years
Belfast

Posted 20/06/2016 - 04:34 Link

Glad we don't have them here. It must be highly venomous to kill the bee many times its size. Where are you?

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davidwozhere davidwozhere

3670 posts
11 years
Slap in the middle of England

Posted 20/06/2016 - 23:32 Link

Slap in the middle of England. These are quite common garden spiders, always on the lookout and always lightning fast. To be fair, it is (was) one of the smaller bees, not the huge lumbering, bumbling ones.

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Teaka53 Teaka53

83 posts
13 years
Norfolk UK

Posted 23/06/2016 - 11:44 Link

What a great capture both in the photographic sense and in the intriguing world of wild life.

Malc