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crab spider with bee - Misumena vatia
Copyright © 2008 HeidiG

crab spider with bee - Misumena vatia
Pike National Forest, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
June 23, 2008
I'm not sure of the species of flower spider or bee, or if it is even possible to tell.
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Contributed by HeidiG on 23 June, 2008 - 4:45pm
Last updated 30 June, 2008 - 6:51pm

Crab spider.
The crab spider is a female Misumena vatia. The victim is a bumble bee in the genus Bombus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 June, 2008 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
the bee may be Bombus rufocinctus
but I'm not certain of this
… John S. Ascher, 28 June, 2008 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

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