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crab spider nabs bee - 1 - Misumenops

crab spider nabs bee - 1 - Misumenops
London, Ontario, Canada
April 28, 2004
I don't know the identity of the crab spider or the bluish bee; body length of both about 5 mm. On Early Saxifrage at the edge of a mixed woods. Another view to be posted soon.

Misumenops vs. Ceratina
The spider is a species of Misumenops, the only "flower spider" with a hairy body. The bee is probably a small carpenter bee, Ceratina sp., family Apidae.

 
Misumenops and Ceratina
Thanks again, Eric, for the identification of both genera; I hadn't been able to hazard a guess on either of them.