Spider versus Mud Dauber

It really wasn't much of a contest. The Black and Yellow Mud Dauber's (Sceliphron caementarium) only hope was escaping from the Cobweb Spider's (Family Theridiidae) web -- and she could not.

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Spider versus Mud Dauber

Spider Web and Seed

Spider webs catch more than bugs.

Spider Web and Seed

Nature's Pinwheel

Movement from this little gadget caught my eye as I walked along the rock bluffs the other day. It's just a few leaves caught in a spider's web suspended from the rocks, but it spun nicely in a light breeze.

Nature's Pinwheel