First off - I want to let everyone know that I will be traveling again - to Belize, Florida, and Costa Rica and will be gone until 21 February. I will be off the grid for much of that time so I'm hoping everyone can chip in to keep this forum running smoothly.
Now to the image - I was looking for macro subjects at a site in Missouri when I spotted this Red-spotted Purple butterfly. I became suspicious when it seemed unusually still. Sure enough, it had been captured by a crab spider. The spider is almost entirely concealed in the flowers, but there are two white legs wrapped around the upper body of the butterfly. 7D, 100 mm macro, 1/200, f/16, ISO 200, MT24-EX macro twin flash (diffused), hand held. The background is a print of OOF vegetation held a few inches behind the subject. All comments are welcome and appreciated.








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