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Crab Spider

            A female crab spider (I think Misumenoides formosipes) hanging out inside a burst-open seed pod on a Calliandra shrub.  This shrub blooms constantly and is always full of bees, and in fact, there's a dead honeybee, likely her last meal, hanging from a bit of silk a few inches out of this shot.  These spiders are ambush predators, and often match the color of the flower they wait in -- they can be yellow, white, even pink.  Even though they don't catch prey in a web, I watched this one spending several minutes attaching a patchwork of silk all around the branch tip where she sits -- maybe to give herself foot-holds to help her move around the area more easily, or to steady herself when grabbing prey larger than herself?  
   

Taken on: November 19, 2016

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Sets appears in: • Arachnids • In My Yard more » • Favorites of 2016 « less

Groups appears in: • Closer and Closer Macro Photography - • SPIDERS more » • Macro Photography • Nature Photography • Insect Macro Photography • Arachnids • ALL ABOUT INSECTS & SPIDERS • Spider Photos « less

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