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Crab Spider

Xysticus sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

This crab spider was on a thistle flower with an amazingly beautiful prey.

Habitat:

Urban environment

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Tiz
Aha. I see! Thank for that info :)
FaredinAliyevski
Yes, it's the gall fly. There are some of those flies. They can be found always on a burrdock plant which is one of my spottings from yesterday.
Tiz
Oh no! I smell drama! That prey seem to be the same as your previous spotting, the Gall fly... I hope there were a lot of them :D

Spotted for Missions

Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
International Spider Survey
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Scandinavian's Biodiversity
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Mission
Danish wildlife
Photographed
PublishedJuly 11, 2013

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