Even without the hordes of tiny, red six-legged monsters stealthily climbing the flower stems, preparing for the attack, this is a pretty cool shot. But it’s a lot better with the thousands of tiny, red six-legged beasties quietly climbing upwards to gain their prize… I assume they crave the moist, succulent flesh of the bumblebee. I know, looking at it just sitting there, defenceless, I’m having some cravings.

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Technical Stuff: Hi there. My camera is roughly the size of a regular bar of soap. The lens is slightly smaller than a dime. I just thought I’d point that out because, damn, I make it work baby. I was shooting the flowers, saw the bee flying around and when it landed I took this shot. Then it took off across the street. I didn’t see the red menace until I was cropping the shot — this is 3/5th of the whole photo.

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The way those red beasties are positioned, it looks like they might be sucking the juices out of the flower stems. Either that or they’re all doing handstands… I don’t really know red bug behaviour all that well. Seriously, if I walked into a bar and saw one drinking alone at a table in the back, I’d totally leave him alone because I wouldn’t know if he was about to go off and pull a gun, or buy a round for the bar. I’d probably just leave. Or, if it was a nice place, step on him.

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