The Love Triangle

[Herbert Kikoy]

Just passed by a garden and these butterflies and a spider has caught my attention. It seems the butterfly and the spider is fighting for the other butterfly..

Taken with a Zenfone Zoom

 

[FundyBrian]

Just passed by a garden and these butterflies and a spider has caught my attention. It seems the butterfly and the spider is fighting for the other butterfly..

Taken with a Zenfone Zoom

I have seen flower spiders capture butterflies & moths but the presence of the second butterfly is a mystery to me.
I had to look up the Zenfone Zoom. I had never heard of it but the specs look pretty impressive, and the 3x zoom optics look very interesting indeed.

 

[mwolfer]

Fabulous capture of an interesting insect dynamic.

 

[Herbert Kikoy]

Here's another angle of the scene hehehe.. Kinda unbelievable indeed..

 

[RoseCat]

Mother Nature is so beautiful, and can be quite harsh too. Of course I have a whole story in my head from your two images... the spider (quite a good little hunter!) has captured the one butterfly, and the other one - perhaps the mate? - won't/can't leave its side.