Sunflower with Bee and Spider by durleybeachbum

Photography • Insects • posted on Sep 18, 2013

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Description

The Common Carder Bee, Bombus pascuorum, and a young female Misumena vatia on a snail-ravaged sunflower.

Comments (28)

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emmecielle

12:34PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Wonderful capture, Andrea! :)

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bebopdlx

12:39PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Seems like a large spider. Cool capture.

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bodo_56

12:59PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Wow, cool capture!

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jayfar

1:04PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

An excellent capture and would the spider tackle the bee????

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jendellas

1:13PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

You have captured the spiders silk too!!!

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kgb224

1:26PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

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Rob2753

1:43PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

This is a FANTASTIC nature image perfect in every way, I take my hat off to you :)

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Meisiekind

1:47PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

I whole circus on the flower. Gorgeous image Andrea.

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brewgirlca

2:43PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Wonderful focal depth on this image.

ronmolina

3:05PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

A wow shot!

alanwilliams

4:58PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

what a meeting, wonderful shot

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goodoleboy

6:14PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Another wonderful macro of insect life from your copious garden, Andrea. Two species, feeling each other out, on the brink of a fight-to-the-death confrontation? The voracious snails have turned the unfortunate sunflower into mince meat.

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Faemike55

7:01PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Fabulous and very cool capture

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myrrhluz

8:51PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Gorgeous shot with a lot of drama. Lovely composition, colors, and detail. The spider shows up so well against the center of the flower. She has a graceful shape. Very sleek compared to the fuzzy bee.

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MrsRatbag

9:46PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

If I was that bee I'd get outta there quick...what a great capture of this dramatic garden scene!

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sharky_

10:23PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Be careful where you set you plate Mr Bee or you might be ending up as dinner... Nice shot. Aloha

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wysiwig

11:14PM | Wed, 18 September 2013

Very dramatic macro and razor sharp. There doesn't seem to be anything left for the bee so I would suggest it fly away and find someplace safer.

whaleman

1:42AM | Thu, 19 September 2013

Looks like the Sunflower's good days are all behind her!

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Katraz

3:22AM | Thu, 19 September 2013

Fantastic macro Andrea It looks a bit of a dangerous situation so spill the beans and tell us what happened next.

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prutzworks

4:06AM | Thu, 19 September 2013

great shot

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dakotabluemoon

7:53AM | Thu, 19 September 2013

This is one fantastic capture girl look at that hairy back on that bee and love that pretty spider.

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helanker

11:51AM | Thu, 19 September 2013

A wonderful shot, Andrea. Hope the spider is not hungry :)

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danapommet

9:08PM | Thu, 19 September 2013

A spectacular macro capture my friend. I did not know that snails ate sunflower centers. Did the bee survive - I will check your for the next posting since Alan C (Katraz) also asked!

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