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flower crab spider with prey

g. Misumena

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Field Notes

Description:

This crab spider was fairly tiny... maybe 7 mm long, and eating an even tinier insect. They prey looked waspish, but I'm not certain it was a wasp.

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Flower crab spider

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Comments (12)
KarenL
textless, you should also add this to the new Arthropod - Arthropod interaction mission.
Atul
superb spotting!
textless
Thanks Courtney and KarenL. I was really happy to see the spider so late in the season.
ChunXingWong
Welcome. Seems like the young crab spiders there are hairy. The crab spiders here are hairy too but their hairs are very short and less obvious.
textless
I think crab spiders tend to look hairy when they are juveniles, but that's just based on the ones I've seen. :) And I think you're right about the prey insect. Thanks ChunXingWong.
ChunXingWong
The prey looks like a flying ant but it is not because it's antennas are different.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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Interaction between different species of Arthropods

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PublishedNovember 25, 2011

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