Spider with ant lion

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:42 pm

(Larger version here.)

Shot in the Pine Ridge area of northwestern Nebraska.

--Rik

Technical: Canon A710, manual focus. 1/250 sec at f/4.0 (both pics).

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:47 pm

Great shot there Rik.

Talk about getting ones butt chewed. We could have done without the close-up though...

salden · Post by **salden** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:11 pm

It amazes me that these guys can take down something so much larger than they are.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:26 pm

They say an Assassin bug can take down prey many times their size in about 10 sec. or less. Wonder if any one has timed a spider? Gotta be pretty quick.