A small, but beautiful, metallic green bee (Family Halictidae, tribe Augochlorini) is foraging on and pollinating tiny Spikenard flowers. The bee is seemingly unaware of the young Goldenrod Crab Spider waiting with open arms. At this point, life or death for the bee is a matter of only a few millimeters. This time - the bee escaped unscathed before the spider could pounce. Nikon D850, Sigma 150mm macro, 1/250, f/16, ISO 500, Venus Optics KX-800 macro twin lite, manual 1/16, diffused, HH. Cropped for comp. Photoshop, NIK, Topaz Denoise AI.
Living Dangerously
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