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Crab Spider

Thomisidae

Photo by Juan DiTrani
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Crab Spider (Thomisidae) ambushing bees

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my spotting of a crab spider is similar to this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6366878 and these lttle fellas are waiting for prey: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6393408 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6379595
Educational! Thanks. I once saw an anole jump a couple feet to try to catch a butterfly on a Rose, but I have never seen a spider take something so much bigger without first wrapping it in his web.
Now I see why they use that camouflage color-changing. Bees don't have a chance.

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