Spider predation!

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Misumena vatia (in white form) consuming a fly. These are called the goldenrod crab spider, but I find them on may flowers.

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This plump one was the same one I had photographed on foxglove in the last post.

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Misumena vatia in the yellow form with a fly. This one is not yet an adult.

 

 

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Ambush predators are so cool.

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A Phidippus jumping spider with another jumping spider!

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You could share this and say she is carrying her babies to safety…Who will believe you will tell you a lot about your friends!

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I wonder if these spiders make a lot of their living by preying on other jumpers. They seem to relish them!

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So cool!

 

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