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Crab Spider; Black Orchid Bee

Misumena vatia; Eulaema sp.

Description:

Here we have a very smart spider. Around the flower, on the ground, has lots of dead bugs and insects. I can say that this specimen will not die for hungry. Staying on the flower, it can capture every insect that will polinize or eat the flower.

Habitat:

I found this specimen on a Rose, in an environmental reserve of the Atlantic Florest.

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4 Comments

Fabiano Zacarias
Fabiano Zacarias 9 years ago

Nossa! Não imaginava que a aranha emboscadeira conseguia pegar uma abelha tão grande!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

Hi Leonardo. The bee is a Black Orchid Bee (Eulaema sp.)

LeonardoMB
LeonardoMB 10 years ago

Uh! Thanks "curcidavide3"!.... THe bee I know the ID, I just waiting discover the ID of the Spider to put the two... Thanks, for information, I will try discovery more ;D

curcidavide3
curcidavide3 10 years ago

This spider belongs to Thomisidae family.It's a "crab-spider". The other insect is a "Carpenter bee" from Apidae family. :)

LeonardoMB
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LeonardoMB

MG, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 9, 2014
Submitted on Jan 13, 2014

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