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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails (Troidini) » Battus » Pipevine Swallowtail - Hodges#4157 (Battus philenor)
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Spider attacking Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly - Battus philenor
Copyright © 2017 Marian Tennant

Spider attacking Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly - Battus philenor
Brooksville/Croom Wildlife Management area, Hernando County, Florida, USA
October 4, 2017
This white spider attacked a mating pair of pipevine swallowtail butterflies. One dead butterfly was on the ground. Is it a white crab spider.
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Contributed by Marian Tennant on 7 October, 2017 - 11:41am
Last updated 10 August, 2018 - 2:58pm

Moved
Moved from Swallowtails, Parnassians.
… Ken Allison, 10 August, 2018 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 26 January, 2018 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

I filed the second ...
image for the spider. I guess this one can be filed for the butterfly.
… Laura P., 26 January, 2018 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Certainly looks like Misumenoides to us
Let's see what others think.
… john and jane balaban, 26 January, 2018 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

Can't see well,
but it looks like Misumenoides formosipes to us.
… john and jane balaban, 25 January, 2018 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
spider attacking butterfly
Thank you for the possible I.D. I cropped the spider for a better look. Does this help?
… Marian Tennant, 26 January, 2018 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

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