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Crab spider

Photo by Tiz
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Field Notes

Description:

body size less than 10 mm. Feeding on a Brown veined-white butterfly (Belenois aurota)

Habitat:

Next to a river, Lubombo area

Species ID Suggestions

Flower crab spider

Thomisus daradioides
KateBraun
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Comments (4)
KateBraun
Identification by Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman
KateBraun
This year, in Swaziland, the brown-veined white migration was a lot less than in past years, with most of it only lasting about two days in mid January.
Tiz
Fanie! That is excellent information! I wish I could have seen the migration. Thank you for the ID on the butterfly as well, I will add in in the text of the spotting! Have a great day!
Fanie
Tina Nice predation spotting. The butterfly is a brown veined-white (Belenois aurota). Its a migratory butterfly and a few weeks ago thousands were seen flying from central South Africa in a north easterly direction towards Mozambique.

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International Spider Survey
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Mlawula Nature Reserve
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Swaziland Guide
Photographed
PublishedMarch 3, 2014

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