diff --git a/web/src/components/CardView.tsx b/web/src/components/CardView.tsx
index 710deda..168090f 100644
--- a/web/src/components/CardView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/CardView.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export function CardView({
   return (
     <div
       className={classes}
+      data-card-id={card.id || undefined}
       onClick={disabled ? undefined : onClick}
       role={onClick ? 'button' : undefined}
       onMouseEnter={preview ? undefined : (e) => setHover({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY })}
diff --git a/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx b/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
index 16916fc..00ab4ab 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/ShopPhase.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import type { Card, ClientMessage, GameView, PlayerView } from '../types'
 import { CardView } from './CardView'
 
+interface Flyer {
+  key: string
+  emoji: string
+  x: number
+  y: number
+}
+
 interface Props {
   view: GameView
   you: PlayerView
@@ -23,6 +31,44 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [you.deck])
 
+  // --- spawn animation: apples/bees fly out from the creature that made them.
+  // The log tells us which card (source) spawned what; we fly an emoji from
+  // that card's on-screen position. For sells the source is already gone, so
+  // we grab its rect at click time (see act()).
+  const seenSeqRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
+  const capturedRef = useRef<Map<string, DOMRect>>(new Map())
+  const [flyers, setFlyers] = useState<Flyer[]>([])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const log = view.log ?? []
+    const last = log.length ? log[log.length - 1].seq : 0
+    // First render just marks where we came in, so we never replay history.
+    if (seenSeqRef.current === null) {
+      seenSeqRef.current = last
+      return
+    }
+    if (last <= seenSeqRef.current) return
+    const fresh = log.filter((e) => e.seq > seenSeqRef.current! && e.spawn && e.source)
+    seenSeqRef.current = last
+    const added: Flyer[] = []
+    for (const e of fresh) {
+      const src = e.source!
+      let rect: DOMRect | undefined
+      const el = document.querySelector(`[data-card-id="${src}"]`)
+      if (el) rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
+      else if (capturedRef.current.has(src)) rect = capturedRef.current.get(src)
+      capturedRef.current.delete(src)
+      if (!rect) continue
+      added.push({
+        key: `spawn-${e.seq}`,
+        emoji: e.spawn === 'bee' ? '🐝' : '🍎',
+        x: rect.left + rect.width / 2,
+        y: rect.top + rect.height / 2,
+      })
+    }
+    if (added.length) setFlyers((f) => [...f, ...added])
+  }, [view.log])
+
   function toggle(id: string) {
     setSelected((sel) =>
       sel.includes(id) ? sel.filter((s) => s !== id) : [...sel, id],
@@ -43,6 +89,14 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
     selectedCards.every((c) => c.kind === 'pet')
 
   function act(msg: ClientMessage) {
+    // Sold cards vanish before the apple entry arrives, so remember where they
+    // were now, keyed by id, for the spawn animation to fly from.
+    if (msg.type === 'sell') {
+      for (const id of msg.cards) {
+        const el = document.querySelector(`[data-card-id="${id}"]`)
+        if (el) capturedRef.current.set(id, el.getBoundingClientRect())
+      }
+    }
     send(msg)
     setSelected([])
   }
@@ -193,6 +247,25 @@ export function ShopPhase({ view, you, send }: Props) {
           </div>
         </div>
       )}
+
+      {flyers.length > 0 &&
+        createPortal(
+          <>
+            {flyers.map((fl) => (
+              <div
+                key={fl.key}
+                className="spawn-flyer"
+                style={{ left: fl.x, top: fl.y }}
+                onAnimationEnd={() =>
+                  setFlyers((f) => f.filter((x) => x.key !== fl.key))
+                }
+              >
+                {fl.emoji}
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </>,
+          document.body,
+        )}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/web/src/styles.css b/web/src/styles.css
index be105be..5c2f66b 100644
--- a/web/src/styles.css
+++ b/web/src/styles.css
@@ -1048,6 +1048,31 @@ h3 {
   animation-name: summon-from-left;
 }
 
+/* Apple/bee spawned in the shop, flying out from the creature that made it. */
+@keyframes spawn-fly {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(0.4) rotate(-10deg);
+  }
+  20% {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translate(-50%, -85%) scale(1.35) rotate(4deg);
+  }
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translate(-50%, -165%) scale(1) rotate(0);
+  }
+}
+
+.spawn-flyer {
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 60;
+  font-size: 2rem;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  animation: spawn-fly 1000ms ease-out forwards;
+  filter: drop-shadow(0 3px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5));
+}
+
 /* --- foods waiting for a pet --- */
 
 .pending-foods {