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do crabs eat jumpers? - Misumenoides formosipes - male
Copyright © 2012 A.D.Levine

do crabs eat jumpers? - Misumenoides formosipes - Male
Monroe, Orange County, New York, USA
August 2, 2012
to my far less than expert eye, this looked strangely like a crab spider preparing to dine on a jumping cousin spider. Do crabs eat jumpers??

or did i miss it completely.
Contributed by A.D.Levine on 3 August, 2012 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2012 - 1:06pm

yep, crab spider having a meal
not uncommon at all. spiders prey on other spiders if given a chance.
… wolfpacksved, 3 August, 2012 - 12:42pm

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