Marc’s Treehouse Lodge, South Africa
We were having breakfast, getting ready to head off on a safari drive, when something caught my eye beneath the deck beside the lake.
Spiders. Quite a few of them, actually, sitting in their webs.
And one of them appeared to have breakfast well and truly sorted!
A rather unfortunate dragonfly had ended up on the menu.
I didn’t see the actual capture, but watching this spider with its prize was fascinating.
There we were, preparing to head out into the African bush looking for wildlife, and a little wildlife drama was happening practically underneath our breakfast table.
I suppose that’s one of the things I love about being out in nature. You never quite know what you’re going to come across.
Sometimes you don’t even need to leave the breakfast table.
Although I suspect the dragonfly might have preferred a different restaurant.
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