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Photo by sunnyjosef

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Field Notes

Description:

She has already captured a really big green crab spider (Olios milleti) and had removed all the legs by the time I have seen her struggling with the weight of her precious prey. She dragged, jumped, and used her wings also to move this prey to it's macabre end in her nest.
20mm long with bright metallic blue color with red hind legs.

Habitat:

Spotted first on a lemon tree.

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Thank you António..

AntónioGinjaGinja

Great capture sunnyjosef,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing

Thank you Pradeep..

Congrats Sunny! Well Deserved!!

Thank you Muckpuk and suzmonk

Wonderful observation, Sunny, faithfully recorded ... nice job.

Great Series!!!

Thank you for the info Sunny. Your images are crisp and perfect lighting. Fantastic! Keep up the good (macro) work ;-)

Thank you Andrea.. I used a Nikon D5100 for this shot. The camera was used in full manual mode with a manual focus micro nikkor 55 mm f/2.8 coupled with a 2x extender. Exposure was at 1/200 seconds at f/11. ISO 320 with camera mounted flash fired at 3/4 th power through a diffuser. Hope this helps.

What an amazing series of photos Sunny. Well done! What camera setup do you use?

Thank you Larry and beaker98..

Congrats Sunny! This is quite amazing!

Wonderful photo, series and PN Ranger spotting of the week!

Thank you once again Dilan...

Dilan Chathuranga

Congrats Sunny!!Great spottings!!!

Thank you so much Chief and Saumya..

Saumya Wanniarachchi

Great capture , Congrats on your SOTD :)

Joseph CHIEF REDEARTH

Congratulations Sunny! Nice work!

Thank you Daniele and Emilie..

What a beautiful series, Sunnyjosef! Congratulations.

Congratulations sunnyjosef!

Thank you Mark..

Any wasp would know the legs won't fit down the hole. :) Congratulations sunnyjosef.

Thank you Johua..

Fantastic, very nice Sunny. Congrats.

Thank you Nuwan...

NuwanChathuranga

Congratulations, sunnyjosef

Thank you armadeus..

Congratulations Sunny. Well deserved :)

Thank you Lauren and zaidirazak... I was lucky to be at the spot with the camera!

nice shot

Congratulations sunnyjosef, it is a wonderful spotting! Amazing you were able to capture that!

Thank you Luis..

Thank you Karen and Project Noah rangers for selecting this as the sotw..

Congrats sunnyjosef! Great Spotting of the Week!

Wow! Awesome capture Sunny, and congrats our Ranger team has chosen it as its Spotting of the Week! Auplopus wasps have the gruesome habit of amputating the legs of their prey before carrying it to their nest. Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154438237045603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/496122853691887617

Thank you Dilan.

Dilan Chathuranga

Great series Sunny!!Beautiful!!!

Thank you so much Leuba..

Great series Sunny -I just love pic 4. Brilliant spotting !!

Thank you Aron and Mark.. Cutting off legs of their prey is the speciality of Auplopus sp. wasps!

Thank you Fyn Kynd and Project Noah... I am honoured.....

The next time someone tells me they were legless I will show them this. Great shots.

Wow, she really let you in close for photos. Amazing spotting and fantastic photography, sunnyjosef!

Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!

Thank you Armadeus..

Thank you StirredMocha.. Nature truly is!!!

Such a clear, fantastic series Sunny :)

An astounding set of pictures. Nature is amazing!

Thank you Adarsha

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