Nature's Place

Wanderer

At first I found her in the SW corner of the garden, then the middle, and then she was to be found in the NE corner. She’s been making her way around.

Seeking, or rather feeling, her way around in the performance of her function. Filling a niche in the natural landscape, doing what spider does.

The last morning I saw her she was plainly visible, bright yellow on strong pink, and then a young butcherbird came and landed by my shoulder.

So I hid her in the flowers, and she went on apparently uncaring of the danger throughout the day. And disappeared that night.

There are a number of these crab spiders, of all sizes and shades yellow to white, some with distinctive black tattoos.

And there’s enough big blue flies to feed them all, coming from my neighbours dogs run.

Flies will be flies too … dogs will be dogs.

© Mark Berkery ……. Click on those pictures for a closer look

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  1. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's said, on 01/12/2018 at 6:51 am

    Sweet macros! :)

  2. macmsue's avatar macmsue said, on 30/11/2018 at 7:30 pm

    The fly looks like it would take a while to digest!

    • Mark's avatar Mark said, on 30/11/2018 at 11:52 pm

      It would I suppose. And keep the spider healthy between bites.

  3. Ranesa Sobti's avatar Ranesa Sobti said, on 30/11/2018 at 4:01 pm

    Great, I love the nature

    • Mark's avatar Mark said, on 30/11/2018 at 5:01 pm

      In all its little things and ways …

      Thanks Ranesa.


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