Spider attack.

This would be almost unbelieveable if I hadn't seen it happen.

Some may not be the best shots but the unfolding drama was happening fast.

Yesterday I saw a new white crab spider,

this one much smaller than the first one I saw.

This afternoon I went back to check on it.

The spider had caught a butterfly

 On the flower next to this, a fly landed

 Then he moved to the spider's flower

 Seemingly unaware of the danger the fly

began strolling around the flower.

This showes the actual size of the drama unfolding 

 The spider begins turing toward the fly

but not letting go of it's butterfly

 The fly heads under the flower

The spider keeps turning, as the fly  

The fly comes up and the spider attacks 

You can see the spider has released the butterfly and has all of it's attention on the fly 

 The butterfly begins to get up-right

 and now is trying to take flight

The spider quickly reaches out to secure the butterfly

without letting go of the fly 

 Now the butterfly and the fly are under control

 The world around us may be small but life and death struggles have no size restrictions.

Finally a well deserved rest before the feast.