Thursday, July 26, 2007

aranocide

WARNING: The following photos may be disturbing to some people. It follows scenes of an aranocide (from Latin: arano "spider" + cidium "act of killing".)

see spider ... see insect ... insect no see web ... spider see insect ...


spider ensures insect does not escape ...


spider doubly ensures no escape ... spider wraps insect in cling-wrap ...

5 Comments:

Blogger Divemuster said...

Superb sequence and apt description... Oh, oh... do i see the CSI (Catch Spider In-action) squad coming in?

July 26, 2007 at 10:02 PM  
Blogger Sharon said...

Not disturbing just nature!

Is this spider as big as the one in your previous post? I can't believe it's body is 1.5 inches... that's a big spider.

July 27, 2007 at 2:05 AM  
Blogger miloice said...

The web of death ! :P
Wah looks like all the spiders were well fed. One of em even got a hoverfly.

July 29, 2007 at 1:59 AM  
Blogger Madwag said...

that is an excellent series of pictures. I love nature... do you remember last summer when I posted pics of a female spider eating the male spider just after they mated? That was so intriguing to me...

July 29, 2007 at 4:27 AM  
Blogger moggie said...

aranocide?....haha! great series, ladyhawk!

August 8, 2007 at 11:08 PM  

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