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Crab Spider eating a Small Citrus Butterfly

Thomisus spectabilis eating Papilio anactus

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6 Comments

Christiane
Christiane 11 years ago

Thanks guys..

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

hope it doesn't choke on wing scales

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

I think this one is a lazy spider.. it just waited for the butterfly to come out. The poor butterfly had no change!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Wow!

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

That looks like Papilio anactus. That's impressive if he caught it.

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

It looks like a crab spider but I suspect you caught it in the gym doing bench presses.

Christiane
Spotted by
Christiane

4671, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Feb 13, 2012
Submitted on Feb 14, 2012

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