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16-08-2009, 03:22 PM
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| | | butterfly eating spider id please
Found this spider with its speckled wood prey today.can anyone id it please.How did it catch it ?  |
16-08-2009, 03:31 PM
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| | | Re: butterfly eating spider id please
Its Misumena vatia, sometimes known as White Death  ... |
16-08-2009, 03:37 PM
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| | | Re: butterfly eating spider id please
thanks gordon,white death  apt name  |
16-08-2009, 04:01 PM
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| | | Re: butterfly eating spider id please
Their toxin is very potent and quick acting, I have a photo of one that has a bumblebee (not taken by me), so the knockdown is pretty quick.
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16-08-2009, 05:07 PM
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| | | Re: butterfly eating spider id please
Yes, the Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia is an active hunter, it doesn't lay webs so instead waits patiently for a prey item to come near - then strikes at speed. Search the WAB Gallery for other shots of this ambitious spider catching often larger insects than itself! It can change between white and yellow depending on the colour of the flower it may be on. M. vatia is a sexually dimorphic species, the females being bigger than the males. She needs larger prey items more frequently to produce good eggs.
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