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14-07-2009, 04:46 PM
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| | | Heavy lunch... bumblebee
Saw these two in my garden yesterday. We were just wondering if a bumblebee normal prey for this little spider. It seems a bit on the large size? Could the spider capture it on its own or would the bee need to be dead/debilitated first?
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14-07-2009, 05:03 PM
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| | | Re: Heavy lunch... bumblebee
Spiders are very good at punching way above their weight and they do not consume dead prey, unless they have killed it. Because of this, I would say that yes, it dragging a big tea home, and yes it did kill it. The pic is a little short on ID points, but I think it could be Enoplognatha ovata, and they do fight hard.
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14-07-2009, 08:41 PM
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| | | Re: Heavy lunch... bumblebee
I have seen E. ovata having killed Anthidium manicatum and a wasp, so they are ready to go for good fighters too!
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14-07-2009, 09:29 PM
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| | | Re: Heavy lunch... bumblebee
thank you both very much. Its pretty amazing what they can manage. The spider was still there with his victim 6 hours after i first spotted them. Poor bumble...
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15-07-2009, 04:08 PM
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| | | Re: Heavy lunch... bumblebee
Quote:
Originally Posted by asheleaf  Poor bumble...
cheers, Ashe | But good for the spider.
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