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crab spider eats fly. - Misumenops
Copyright © 2007 bugsrock

crab spider eats fly. - Misumenops
Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
September 20, 2007
I came across this very small spider eating a fly and this was the best shot i got. Spider and fly were so small it was hard to get a really clear shot. I would like an id on the genus and possibly species of the spider, and the fly if possible.
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Contributed by bugsrock on 12 December, 2007 - 10:22am
Last updated 5 January, 2008 - 11:08am

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Can you lighten up the picture to bring out more detail?
… John R. Maxwell, 12 December, 2007 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
i would like to...
but im not sure how to do it.
… bugsrock, 12 December, 2007 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an ID
I ran it through photoshop to see what I could see. DON'T BET MONEY ON THIS ID! For amusement purposes only.
spider fly

Please don't move to the guide based on this ID, as I'm making a few guesses here. (Although I think I'm close)
… John R. Maxwell, 12 December, 2007 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It helps a lot though to know that the fly is a syrphid, and the spider is most likely one of the flower spiders.
… bugsrock, 12 December, 2007 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

the spider is a crab
spider in the family Thomisidae and the fly is a 'hover fly' in the family Syrphidae. I believe someone with more experience can ID them both to at least genus
… Omar Fahmy, 12 December, 2007 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Misumenops celer
I'd go with Misumenops for now.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 5 January, 2008 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Thanks for the info!
… bugsrock, 5 January, 2008 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

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