Yellow Garden Spider Eating a Yellow Jacket

A Detailed Look

Elle Künstlerin

A yellow garden spider snared a yellow jacket near the bottom of her web and encased it in silk before carrying it back to the stabilimentum in the center. The yellow jacket continued to squirm while being photographed.

Published by Elle Künstlerin

Elle Künstlerin is all things to no people and no things to all people. She is a paramedic by profession, a wife by luck, a mother by destiny, a writer by madness and a photographer by mania. While he...  View profile

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  • Lucky M Diaz3/26/2010

    Very cool, we(down here in Mississippis & Tennessee) call these spiders "Alphabet Spiders" for there cool zigzag shapes that they weave into their webs.

  • Maria Roth12/1/2009

    Whoa! I'm baffled by that yellow drop of liquid, too.

  • Tamara McRill11/19/2009

    Crazy detail and fascinating! What's up with the bubble? Is it liquefied yellow jacket?

  • Faith Draper11/16/2009

    Ok that was horrid - had great idea could click the link and really quick scroll down before I saw the picture - browser froze on me couldn't move, scroll or do anything - see how much I love ya dear went through all of that just to give you my support :)

  • Kyla Matton11/14/2009

    I'm absolutely in awe of your photographic talent!!! I'm bookmarking this slideshow for the kids.

  • Betty Malone11/14/2009

    that's amazing! Just excellent.

  • April Higney11/14/2009

    Incredible, as always, amazed. Even with the creepy crawlies! =)

  • Tricia Sabol11/14/2009

    Fascinating photos!!

  • Amanda C. Strosahl11/14/2009

    Excellent photos. My brother used to catch ants to toss into spider webs so we could watch the eating process. We had the fattest wolf spiders outside our back door.

  • Katrina Marson11/14/2009

    Beautiful spider, but poor yellow jacket. Wonderful photos!

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