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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: What was that? on August 06, 2009, 05:48:50 PM

Title: Buggy thing feeding (R rated)
Post by: What was that? on August 06, 2009, 05:48:50 PM

Not too bad, just never saw one of these before, never mind with a bee.
I believe it is a goldenrod crab spider. Nothing much was happening in the feathered world (to my eyes), so I just looked around. Originally thought it was a bee stuck on some striped candy.
Pretty nevertheless.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3795645261/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3795645261/)

Graham

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Post by: The Observer on August 07, 2009, 12:10:49 AM

I can't believe you caught that... great capture!

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Post by: angelicque on August 07, 2009, 02:53:10 AM

you took that here? in the Toronto area?

i didn't know crab spiders were common here!

either way, gorgeous capture :)

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Post by: What was that? on August 07, 2009, 03:16:13 AM

I found this out at Cranberry Marsh area, down the Waterfront trail (across Halls Rd from the southerly lookout). There is a loop around a small copse of trees.
My buggy book (Field Guide to Insects and Spiders or North America, Evans - and it doesn't get used much) shows a picture of a yellow body with red, wikipedia shows a white one as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misumena_vatia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misumena_vatia)

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Post by: Hilander on August 07, 2009, 08:52:36 PM

That is one amazing picture!  Especially, just having "looked around" ... and spotting this happeneing.

Well done!

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Post by: Marnie on August 08, 2009, 06:31:06 AM

Nice! I have a picture of a crab spider that looks nearly identical, just pinker where yours looks reddish. Mine was seen in a garden north of Owen Sound, on a white tulip.

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Post by: Tommy on August 13, 2009, 10:52:24 PM

Crab spiders are common in Southern Ontario and since they are 'Masters of Camouflage" and they also try to hide after they catch their prey, not too many realized they are that common around here.

In this case the prey is a Long Dash Skipper.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/i.post/pic/Politesmystic.jpg)

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Post by: The Observer on August 14, 2009, 12:28:15 AM

Absolutely stunning... it took me more than a look to see why you posted this photo here... Thank you for the exquisite lesson and the reminder that the obvious is not so much so!

My eyes remain wide open with thanks to you all!

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Post by: surfinbird on August 19, 2009, 09:48:57 PM

They are very sneaky
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/3127531007_c8852bc82b.jpg)