Now that pollinators are back, pollinator predators are back also.
Yesterday I watched a jumping spider waiting for prey among the flowers. If this one does as others have, it will wait on the same leaf week after week—its food comes to it. There are about three-dozen species of jumping spiders in B.C. Who knows which this one is?
A jumping spider sits on the leaf of a flowering plant and awaits prey.
The jumping spider turns and looks up, possibly assessing the tastiness of the camera.
You send us such intriguing material, Alistair. Keep up the good work.