Photographer Pete Burford earned a Finalist spot in Close Up Photographer of the Year's 'Death & Decay' challenge with his image Bee Meal. The image is a visual feast for the viewer – and another for the flower crab spider (Thomisus onustus) as it feeds on a bee.
Near the beach in Crete, Burford discovered flowers inhabited by the spiders. He explains, "They can change color to match their surroundings, and bees were visiting the flowers for nectar, giving the spiders the perfect opportunity to ambush any that ventured too close."
