Sitting in complete stillness like some deadly Buddha, the wasp spider waits in the midst of its fractal trap.
This silken lure of death is an ancient one.
From the depths of the Silurian the arachnids have spun their beautiful snares.
These giant webs can even trap the small birds of this ecology and they are strewn from bush to bush, cunningly placed in the invisible airways of the flying beasts.
It is a part of the dance of life and death here upon the mountain, a ballet of Gothic horror for some and deep wild beauty for others.
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Photo: Wasp Spider at Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.
