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Crab Spider

Photo by Kyle A
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Field Notes

Description:

About 5mm long.

Habitat:

Spotted on goldenrod bordering an open field and wetlands.

Notes:

The interesting thing about this spotting is that I thought I was capturing a hover fly at first. I took the photos and was surprised that hover fly didn't move. That seemed odd. It wasn't until today, after cropping the picture, that I noticed the tiny crab spider had paralyzed the fly.

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Spotted for Missions

Mission
International Spider Survey
Mission
Interaction between different species of Arthropods
Mission
Hunters & Animal Food Habits
Mission
Wildlife of Northeastern USA
Mission
New England Arthropods
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedSeptember 7, 2014

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