Caught in the web

By Paul Cecil | Published October 14, 2007

Back in July, I rescued a blue tailed damsel from a spider’s web. And at the end of July I witnessed a wasp attacking a spider. Today I watched as a wasp became entangled in a web…

The wasp eventually freed itself and flew off, none the worse for the encounter. Interestingly, the spider didn’t appear to try and catch its potential prey.

Here’s an different web, elsewhere in the garden. This small spider seems to be doing rather well (the flies less so).

Camera note: All shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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3 Comments

  1. Flying Red Fox Blog October 15, 2007 at 2:10 pm #

    Nice shots there:) Maybe the wasp's sting is deadly for the spider and so it knows not to mess with it perhaps?

  2. Words October 15, 2007 at 9:10 pm #

    That's what I reckon too. It worked pretty hard to get free.

  3. SittingFox October 17, 2007 at 10:10 pm #

    Yes, I can imagine it would have to be a pretty powerful spider to overcome a wasp.