#spidersunday — Public Fediverse posts

#SpiderSunday: several of the spiders I met on that one warm day last week! A running crab spider (_Philodromus_), a bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_), some kind of crab spider in tribe Coriarachnini (_Bassaniana_?), and a good old zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_) with what looks like most of a mesh-web weaver (family Dictynidae).

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A flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) has caught a bristle fly (Ectophasia crassipennis)

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#SpiderSunday: I saw the fly and was holding the milkweed flowers to get a closer look before I saw the crab spider holding it!

The fly was an anthomyiid; I've included a pic of one of its live comrades.

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#Tmarus piger is a somewhat unusual crab #spider, as it sits on twigs or grass with its front legs outstretched. They feed mainly on ants.

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