Regal Jumping Spider

Regal Jumping Spider
Phidippus regius

Eastern Yellow Jacket

And the food chain...

Eastern yellow jacket eating an insect larva...







Eating a dead baby bird...



Being eaten by a Green Lynx Spider




I took the first three photographs this morning, keeping in mind the warning I read in the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida regarding yellow jackets:

"Stings repeatedly if bothered."

I kept my distance.