Posts Tagged: greed

Greed or Need?

Talk about greed. Talk about gluttony. How much food does a banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata) need? For 30 minutes, we watched a well-fed...

Fish-eye view of a banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata) with prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fish-eye view of a banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata) with prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An intruder, a smaller spider (top), heads toward the resident spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An intruder, a smaller spider (top), heads toward the resident spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The intruder is toast--or a wrap. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The intruder is toast--or a wrap. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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