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Crab spider
Camaricus formosus EOL: Camaricus formosus


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7 Comments

great catch! I think your predator is some kind of jumping spider (they eat and hunt other spiders by jumping into the nets of orb weavers), and the prey is definitely an Araneidae spider.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Seems like the prey is a female Araneidae spider.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Either that (my suggestion) or Camaricus maugei.

Dangermouse
Dangermouse 12 years ago

That is an amazingly lucky shot! Fantastic!

DigantaGogoi
DigantaGogoi 12 years ago

Thank you AshishNimkar and Ariana........:)

Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago

Very cool!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Great action... A spider is eating another..!!

DigantaGogoi
Spotted by
DigantaGogoi

Jorhat, Nāgāland, India

Spotted on Aug 5, 2011
Submitted on Aug 16, 2011

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