Saturday
Dec212013
Spider with Hoverfly Prey

Crab spider Misumena vatia (Araneae: Thomisidae)with a hoverfly of genus Syrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae) as prey.
Photo taken on 2012-09-03.
Crab spider Misumena vatia (Araneae: Thomisidae)with a hoverfly of genus Syrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae) as prey.
Photo taken on 2012-09-03.
Yet another Xysticus sp (Araneae: Thomisidae), this time with an Empid fly (Diptera: Empididae) as prey.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-27.
A spider, that I have not yet been able to identify (possibly another Xysticus sp?), with a longhorn moth (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) as prey.
Photo taken on 2012-05-27.
Another Xysticus sp (Araneae: Thomisidae), this time with a shieldbug prey (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae).
Photo taken on 2012-05-21.
A crab spider of genus Xysticus (Araneae: Thomisidae) with an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) as prey.
Photo taken on 2010-08-19.