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Small tragedy or ... great lunch !
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Most times they do, but look at the last image : http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... p?p=133042Ken Ramos wrote:Should call Crab spiders, Vampire spiders, they always get their prey in the neck every time...
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Pau wrote:Most times they do, but look at the last image : http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... p?p=133042Ken Ramos wrote:Should call Crab spiders, Vampire spiders, they always get their prey in the neck every time...
First of all, great shot, Saul, rich colors
Second, to Pau, I have a theory about crab spiders (and Lynx spiders): they know how to judge their quarry.
They grab bees/wasps behind the head (to avoid the rear stinger).
They grab other spiders from behind, or pinching the base of the front legs together (to avoid the front fangs).
They will grab non-threatening animals (butterflies, katydids) anywhere ... because there is no poison mechanism to avoid.
That's my observation, anyway.
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Interesting observations and I took a look at that link of the white crabber. Any soft spot in a storm it seems, another set of great images.JohnKoerner wrote:Pau wrote:Most times they do, but look at the last image : http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... p?p=133042Ken Ramos wrote:Should call Crab spiders, Vampire spiders, they always get their prey in the neck every time...
First of all, great shot, Saul, rich colors
Second, to Pau, I have a theory about crab spiders (and Lynx spiders): they know how to judge their quarry.
They grab bees/wasps behind the head (to avoid the rear stinger).
They grab other spiders from behind, or pinching the base of the front legs together (to avoid the front fangs).
They will grab non-threatening animals (butterflies, katydids) anywhere ... because there is no poison mechanism to avoid.
That's my observation, anyway.
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