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Green Lynx with prey - Peucetia viridans
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Green Lynx with prey - Peucetia viridans
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
July 16, 2005
Lots of green lynx here this summer, and they're getting bigger. I'm not sure what this one caught?
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 17 July, 2005 - 2:26pm
Last updated 13 August, 2016 - 8:30pm

Moved
Moved from Eastern Variations.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 13 August, 2016 - 8:30pm

Tongue
Sure looks like a bee's tongue hanging out
… john and jane balaban, 17 July, 2005 - 6:48pm

 
Bumble bee.
Pretty certain this is a bumble bee it has caught. Only other possibility would be Anthophora abrupta, but the pollen baskets suggest Bombus instead.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 July, 2005 - 2:03pm

 
yes,
definitely a bee of some sort
… Lynette Elliott, 17 July, 2005 - 7:25pm

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