And so as I look at the Persimmon fruit tree in the backyard... getting ready to pull some off.. I encountered a fierce defender that comes in between me and my fruit! ....and ever since..I've been studying it's ongoign progress to obtain food....  yesterday it caught a bee... and it rolled the bee up into a cacoon-like web sack... see below ... facinating!!

poor bee being tied up...stored for later meals.

Below is another spider i found in the yard... pretty little thing!