Not Today

Not today.

Bank robbers rob banks because that's where the money is.

Spiders lurk in flowers because that's where the insects are. Whether they spin a sticky web, ambush their prey or just outrun or outmaneuver insects, spiders are there.

Waiting.

This morning a spider successfully trapped a honey bee in what amounted to an intricate "world wide web" connecting a tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) to catmint (Nepeta).

But just as the hungry predator began racing toward its struggling prey, something unexpected happened.

Freedom. The photographer flicked the web and released the bee.

Just in time for National Pollinator Week.