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Misumenops celer is a crab spider which can blend in exteremly well with the flower it choses as its habitat.
Notice the matching shades of colour in this photograph.
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A Celer Crab Spider, Mecaphesa celar, with its amazing long front legs is ready for an ambush! |
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This interesting looking spider is a Western Lynx Spider, Oxyopes scalaris. They spend their lives on plants, waiting for prey to wander by. This lucky one has captured its lunch. |
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Being very nimble runners and jumpers, Lynxi Spiders also rely on their keen eyesight to hunt their prey which they chase or ambush. |
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Jumping spiders stawk their prey and then, as the name suggests, jump onto the unsuspecting victim. There are many spiders which belong in this group.
The one here is a Bronze Jumper, Eris militaris. |
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There are several interesting black and white Jumping Spiders including this one, a Zebra Spider, Salticus scenicus. |
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Other garden jumpers have many fancy designs and colours such as these two Johnson's Jumper Spiders, Phidippus johnsoni.
The male is on the left and the female to the right. |
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Many of the pollinators that we need are caught spiders using various methods to secure a meal.
Honey bees and bumble bees succumb to these crafty predators.
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