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Crab Spider with prey

Thomisus citrinellus

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

"The best known crab spiders are those species that people call the flower crab spiders, because they are ambush predators that feed on insects visiting flowers." ~wiki

Habitat:

spotted on the caper bush in my desert garden

Notes:

first pic taken at about noon, second pic late afternoon

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Wildlife of the Sinai Peninsula
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PublishedMarch 20, 2014

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