Paimpont 2018: Day 163 - Dining Out... by vignouse

Paimpont 2018: Day 163 - Dining Out...

...Mr Yellow Spider enjoying an al-fresco lunch at the Rose Bloom restaurant. (Incidentally, the pair of them together were less than 2cm long tail-to-tail.)

Update: this is not a plastic spider as some people initially thought! Thanks to @haskar I can tell you that is a Flower Crab Spider of the genus Misumena vatia; they can change colour over a few days to match the colour of the flower they are feeding in.
Awesome capture.
July 7th, 2018  
That's a photo and a half! Beautifully captured, and I love the commentary!
July 7th, 2018  
Wow - such great macro photography. I’ve never seen a spider this colour before.
July 7th, 2018  
Mr YS looks like surreal plastic, perhaps a consequence of eating smaller and more vulnerable species? Good find;-)
July 7th, 2018  
That's almost too up close and personal for me!
July 7th, 2018  
Super capture! All those eyes on the spiders head.
July 7th, 2018  
Great definition with your macro shot! Surely the bee would sting the spider!
July 7th, 2018  
Wow a fab macro fav
July 7th, 2018  
@maggiemae Thanks Maggiemae. I'm pretty sure this is one of hundreds of types of hoverfly and they neither bite nor sting. In any event, when a spider first attacks its prey, it bites then inserts two fangs (normally hidden) through which it injects its prey with a powerful neurotoxin which either kills or paralyses its prey immediately.
July 7th, 2018  
Tack sharp and what a colour ...
July 7th, 2018  
Fabulous detail.
July 7th, 2018  
should have seen it coming 🤣😂
July 8th, 2018  
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First look at this picture i thought u set up a composition with a yellow plastic spider :) It's an incredible shot and a very good looking bright yelllow spider eating his meal... fav
July 8th, 2018  
Moi aussi j’ai d’abord pensé que l’araignée était en plastique ! Je n’en avais jamais vu avec une telle couleur ! Great macro !
July 8th, 2018  
Great control over the depth of field.
July 8th, 2018  
how extraordinary - fav
July 8th, 2018  
Wow...Super close up and details
July 8th, 2018  
I have never seen a yellow spider before and I hope I never come across a live one! Yikes!
July 8th, 2018  
excellent capture ...amazing macro
July 8th, 2018  
Wow, that is quite a feast.
July 8th, 2018  
Wonderful flower crab spaider in action.
July 8th, 2018  
@haskar Thank you for your kind comment and for identifying the type of spider for me - I have added the details into the description.
July 8th, 2018  
Mr Yellow Spider really does look like a toy, how fascinating!
July 8th, 2018  
Great macro not so nice for the bee.
July 8th, 2018  
Fabulous shot. Wow. Fave
July 8th, 2018  
A great capture, much as I hate spiders. Fav!! 😀
July 8th, 2018  
Great capture. Fav
July 8th, 2018  
An unusual looking spider. I wasn't sure by looking at it (before I read the comments) which was the victim and which was the victor.
July 9th, 2018  
Wonderful capture.
July 10th, 2018  
Richard, I did initially wonder if you were 'aving a larf' - but did not think it in your nature.
July 10th, 2018  
Woha!
July 10th, 2018  
What a fab image Richard
Love the colour of Mrs Spider....
Wonderful macro
July 11th, 2018  
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