Anomaly …
After the feast of butterflies, butterfly scales evident, appetite filled and unmoving for a while.
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Along came a weevil, looking to sup on the butterfly bush nectar, the spider ignored.
Perhaps oblivious to the nature of the spider, weevil went exploring under her.
Or could that be a baby spider … I don’t think so. :-)
After the butterflies came and went this spider was seen with evidence of eating them, butterfly scales around its face.
Along came a weevil the spider ignored, perhaps no longer hungry enough to move. Or weevils don’t taste good to a spider.
I don’t think the spider thinks the weevil is its baby, or the weevil thinks the spider is its mother.
Just one of those things that happen in nature, apparent anomaly.
© Mark Berkery ……. Click on those pictures for a closer look
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Nature's Place 
another world
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On my Butterfly Bush one of those little white spiders had hold of a Southern Grass-dart butterfly and another had a bee. I tried to prise them out so I could get a decent shot but the spiders had such a strong hold it was impossible. As usual your shots are stunning.
Thanks Mac …
I prefer not to interfere, but do sometimes encourage …
I just wanted a better view of the whole thing but it didn’t eventuate.
That’s the way of things sometimes, isn’t it.
stunning pictures
Thanks H …
I think the spider will be driven by needs. After all those butterflies he is replete, so who needs a weevil? Amelia
It might not be a rational spider. But probably instinctively so.
One could well imagine that, in your final image, the weevil is hunkering down under the protective cloak of the spider. Outstanding!
You never know, such odd relationships do exist in nature.
Great shots, Mark. Who knows? Maybe they are friends.
Ha, ha … who knows indeed.
Fascinating to see. Not many people take the time to really look in the way you do.
The spider is maybe 15mm toe to toe so the weevil is barely visible until seen on the screen.
So the camera has to do some of the looking for us. Incredible.
Bionics, it’s already actual.
Progress has given us some amazing things, and driven us farther from nature, the sense of it.