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Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) hunts Orchard Spider (Leucauge argyra) - Mimetus puritanus - female
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Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) hunts Orchard Spider (Leucauge argyra) - Mimetus puritanus - Female
Crowley's Ridge State Park, Greene County, Arkansas, USA
August 12, 2015
Size: 6 mm
It arrives at the edge of the Orchard Spider's web, and begins stroking the web with its forelegs. The suspicious Orchard Spider runs off to the far edge of the web, but returns to the center after a few seconds.

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Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) hunts Orchard Spider (Leucauge argyra) - Mimetus puritanus - female Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) hunts Orchard Spider (Leucauge argyra) - Mimetus puritanus - female Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) hunts Orchard Spider (Leucauge argyra) - Mimetus puritanus - female Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) hunts Orchard Spider (Leucauge argyra) - Mimetus puritanus - female Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) hunts Orchard Spider (Leucauge argyra) - Mimetus puritanus - female
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Contributed by norman and cheryl lavers on 16 August, 2015 - 11:33am
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 11:09am

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