Flower spider w/ Wasp - Misumena vatia

Moved

Rod Crawford says"The eyes and spines show this is M. vatia. I agree that the wasp is a Bembix."

… Lynette Schimming, 14 July, 2008 - 8:34am

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 September, 2007 - 12:04am

Good basic IDs - sand wasp and crab spider

You'll probably get a tighter ID than that, at least on the spider. (My guess is the wasp is Bembix.)

… Ron Hemberger, 23 August, 2007 - 5:52pm

IDs

i think the wasp is a Bembix species, however, i am not good with that whole subfamily... and the wild guess for the spider, Misumenoides. perhaps someone will be able to answer more confidently on both of those.

… edward trammel, 23 August, 2007 - 9:53pm

Newbie?

For a newbie shutterbug, that's a bangin' photo.

… Brian E Womble, 23 August, 2007 - 1:16pm

Flower spider / Wasp

Thanks Brian . Yeah , I took about 20 photos of this spider and went through them to get the best shot , plus he could not move fast with the big catch . By the way , I love your Dragonfly photo . Have fun , Beth

… Beth Sands, 23 August, 2007 - 2:11pm

Never Just 1

It always takes multiple exposures to get the right photo, it seems. That's part of the beauty of digital photography.

Whatever you do, keep shooting.

… Brian E Womble, 23 August, 2007 - 5:20pm