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Caught in the web

Posted by Troy Parla,
North Country explorer from
September 5, 2025

Each morning there is a new web from this marbled orbweaver on our porch, today I noticed a bee that had become trapped.



I wanted to get a picture of the spider, and when I came back the spider had begun to pull the bee towards it and proceeded to eat it.



I'm not sure if this was the stage when it's injecting the digestive enzymes, or if that was done earlier and it's now "drinking" the liquified meat. 

But in either case, it was amazing to be able to see it so clearly.