21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A crab spider captures a honeybee

We moved to Tunbridge, Vermont a year ago from the Bay Area, and while snapping photos of summer blooms I happened upon a Black-Eyed Susan with a spider I'd never seen before, white with pink, with a pollen-coated bee in its grasp.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Tunbridge, Vermont, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 11
Copyright: © Elisse Gabriel