Yesterday morning I did some dishes before leaving for the day. Sunlight was coming through the windows. I've noticed this time of year the flies love to come in. They are attracted to the brightness of the windows. Some intelligent spiders have taken to making elaborate webs in the same windows. You can only see the webs in the bright sunlight.
Once the flies have buzzed around a bit, they quickly realize they are inside a dwelling and can't get back out. They aim for the windows. I usually open the door and try to give them a second chance. I know that if the spiders don't get them they will fly around until they are exhausted. They get weak, they stop flying, and they usually pass into the Other World for Flies on or near a window sill. Think of it, the desperation, the knowing... Picking up the bodies with a wetted tissue...
Well, I heard buzzing and saw that the buzzing was not a fly, but a bee. A pollinator type, not a bumble. He could have backed out but touched a tiny part of the sticky web. A pod-bodied spider did not hesitate. He chomped off a bee leg. I was sick. When I came back a few minutes later I noticed that there was absolutely nothing left of that juicy bee. The spider didn't even bother to wrap up the left-overs since there were none.
Nature is utterly sociopathic.
C 2022 Christine Trzyna
