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11-Sep-2019

Dance of Love


The tiny male spider slowly approaches the larger female.
They played touchy feely with their front legs.
The male was looking for love…
She was looking too … and she wanted breakfast.
The male backed off delaying the inevitable.
He’ll be back and she will get her way!
Just the way it is…




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1moremile12-Sep-2019 22:56
Well, I don't think I like female spiders all that much now. Nice capture and lesson.
LynnH12-Sep-2019 15:36
A good capture of the interaction. Nature is cruel. Beautiful and highly functional, but there is no mercy.
Walter Otto Koenig12-Sep-2019 15:03
A good way to illustrate what Man Ray called the Cosmic Urge.
Wintermeer12-Sep-2019 14:46
Not my favourite kind of critter,but I do marvel at their behaviour and their "construction" Great capture ~V~
Neil Marcus12-Sep-2019 14:42
Yeah... that's the way it is.