Sunday, October 29, 2006

So wise so young, they say do never live long.

Mary and I were cleaning our lunch dishes in the sink just now when out the window, I saw a wasp fly into spiderweb and the spider come darting out. It gave me a chill (remember spiders and Cameron do not see eye to eye on keeping Cameron alive) but also a thrill. These creatures are masters of death (fortunately they are tiny and devote most of their attention to small annoying pests.)

Within no time, the spider had snared the wasp, wrapped it up and even dragged it off to a hidden spot to wait for more meals. I captured only a few shots, because of a few reasons:
  • Camera batteries were charging.
  • Auto-focus could not understand why I was focusing on something so tiny, and if I wanted to get a shot of something so small, why didn't I get closer? Stupid auto-focus does not understand mortal peril!
  • Every pine needle which scraped my foot caused me to squeal
  • This event happened astonishingly fast. I have even more respect for "spider reflexes."

3 comments:

Pablo said...

This is the coolest thing you've ever posted. Ever.

They should make a movie about this, only the spider and wasp are fifty stories tall. And they both eat members of the Bush administration before the final battle.

Eric Maddux said...

I agree that is a really cool posting.

Great job in capturing it.

Cameron said...

Thanks guys. According to http://www.whatsthatbug.com/ it is an Araneus Orb Weaver, but they could not tell exact species.