8.12.25 Washington Park, Chicago, IL (Spider and Birds)

   Please be aware, this post has content of a Yellow Garden Spider with prey.  

Today, I stumbled upon a very large spider! My family and I got to see it catch a few insects in its web, including a bumble bee. It's really amazing to see this spider wrap up a bug that big in silk!

--Written by Ima

Yellow Garden Spider

Yellow Garden Spider, aka Zipper Spider, for the zigzag of silk in the center of the web.

Yellow Garden Spider

Yellow Garden Spiders. The big one is female, and the little brown one is male.

Yellow Garden Spider

Yellow Garden Spider wrapping a fly in silk

Yellow Garden Spider with the fly

Yellow Garden Spider

Yellow Garden Spider wrapping a bumble bee in silk


Yellow Garden Spider wrapping a bumble bee in silk

Yellow Garden Spider biting the bumble bee

Yellow Garden Spider with the bumble bee

Yellow Garden Spider with the bumble bee

Yellow Garden Spider with the bumble bee

Yellow Garden Spider with the bumble bee

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-tailed Hawk and swallow

Red-tailed Hawk