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Auplopus sp
She has already captured a really big green crab spider (Olios milleti) and had removed all the legs by the time I have seen her struggling with the weight of her precious prey. She dragged, jumped, and used her wings also to move this prey to it's macabre end in her nest. 20mm long with bright metallic blue color with red hind legs.
Spotted first on a lemon tree.
Spotted on Jul 29, 2014
Submitted on Jul 29, 2014
57 Comments (1–25)
Thank you António..
Great capture sunnyjosef,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
Thank you Pradeep..
Congrats Sunny! Well Deserved!!
Thank you Muckpuk and suzmonk
Wonderful observation, Sunny, faithfully recorded ... nice job.
Great Series!!!
Thank you for the info Sunny. Your images are crisp and perfect lighting. Fantastic! Keep up the good (macro) work ;-)
Thank you Andrea.. I used a Nikon D5100 for this shot. The camera was used in full manual mode with a manual focus micro nikkor 55 mm f/2.8 coupled with a 2x extender. Exposure was at 1/200 seconds at f/11. ISO 320 with camera mounted flash fired at 3/4 th power through a diffuser. Hope this helps.
What an amazing series of photos Sunny. Well done! What camera setup do you use?
Thank you Larry and beaker98..
Congrats Sunny! This is quite amazing!
Wonderful photo, series and PN Ranger spotting of the week!
Thank you once again Dilan...
Congrats Sunny!!Great spottings!!!
Thank you so much Chief and Saumya..
Great capture , Congrats on your SOTD :)
Congratulations Sunny! Nice work!
Thank you Daniele and Emilie..
What a beautiful series, Sunnyjosef! Congratulations.
Congratulations sunnyjosef!
Thank you Mark..
Any wasp would know the legs won't fit down the hole. :) Congratulations sunnyjosef.
Thank you Johua..
Fantastic, very nice Sunny. Congrats.