Damsel in Distress

When I walk through the woods with my camera, I walk slowly. I’m being careful to observe all that is around me – eyes attuned to the slightest movement or color or pattern or light that might make an interesting  image. On such a walk, I noticed a small, white butterfly moving though the weeds along the path.  I decided to try a take a photo of it when it finally found a place to land.

I watched as it fluttered a bit from spot to spot. At one point it was fluttering under a large leaf. With my camera ready, I waited for it to emerge. Despite it’s continued fluttering, it wouldn’t come out in the open. Tired of waiting, I stooped down to get a better look and discovered why it wasn’t flying out into the open.

A spider had snatched it. It wasn’t caught in a web. This spider, hiding on the underside of this leaf, grabbed it as it fluttered by.

This is a close-up view of some tiny critters. Both of them together would not be much bigger than my thumbnail.

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