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The Crab Spider and the Bee

It was a good day for a crab spider. It was NOT a good day for a honey bee. It's early evening...

A crab spider has just ambushed a honey bee on a bluebeard blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A crab spider has just ambushed a honey bee on a bluebeard blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The crab spider can turn colors from white to yellow or yellow to white This one is yellow, awaiting prey on a blanketflower, Gallardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The crab spider can turn colors from white to yellow or yellow to white This one is yellow, awaiting prey on a blanketflower, Gallardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, August 5, 2019 at 6:34 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Apis mellifera (25), bluebeard (6), Caryopteris x clandonensis (1), crab spider (14), honey bee (209), hunted (1), hunter (1), Misumena vatia (1), predator (20), prey (26), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (415)

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