Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Flower Crab Spiders (Misumena) » Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Photo#10166
Info on this spiders lunch. - Misumena vatia - female
Copyright © 2005 Kildale

Info on this spiders lunch. - Misumena vatia - Female
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
September 5, 2004
I think I have the spider species but would like to know about the bee. Thanks.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Kildale on 23 January, 2005 - 11:55pm
Last updated 8 May, 2010 - 10:41am

Kildale
Do you have a date for this image? I'm frassing some images of this species.. and this could be one without a date. We just have too many images of the more common species.

Edit... I added the date and frassed the other image. Thanks.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 May, 2010 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Crab spider and honey bee
Very nice image! The spider is the "flower spider," Misumena vatia, and the bee is a worker honey bee, Apis mellifera.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 January, 2005 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

ID
Bruce Kahn
Howdy.... Goldenrod Spider. As for the bee.... I think it's called "The Blue Plate Special". OK, that's a joke.....
… Bruce Kahn, 24 January, 2005 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
Bee/spider
Thanks Bruce, very clever.
… Kildale, 24 January, 2005 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact