beetlejuice

...not everyone's cup of tea but today's quest was a Wasp Spider. A couple of hours of searching proved fruitless so we went to see how the Raft Spiders Dolomedes fimbriatus are doing instead. We were delighted to see nearly twenty juveniles as well as a few adults. This particular youngster was a little further from the edge of the pond than I would have liked but I have chosen it because we watched it catch and the devour a water beetle - as you can see...