Posts Tagged: spider
Got Legs? Check Out Bohart Museum's Trapdoor Spider T-Shirt
Everyone's an arachnologist on Halloween! Ironically, some folks proclaim their hatred or disgust...
Female Cryptocteniza kawtak discovered by UC Davis professor Jason Bond on a sandy beach at Moss Landing State Park, Monterey County. This is a new genus of trapdoor spider. (Photo by Jason Bond)
Freeloader Flies on Friday Fly Day
Have you ever seen a freeloader fly trying to sneak a meal? Since it's Friday Fly Day--and the...
A praying mantis and freeloader flies dining on a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a freeloader fly, family Milichiidae, probably genus Desmometopa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Freeloader flies invite themselves to dinner--a spider's dinner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No Labor Day Holiday for Honey Bees
On Labor Day, a federal holiday, we celebrate the our country's labor movement, our gratitude, and...
Worker bees are aptly named. They comprise most of the bees in the colony and do most of the work. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This aging worker bee is all tattered and torn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Foraging can be dangerous. Here a praying mantis has just nabbed a worker bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A crab spider feeding on a honey bee. Crab spiders are ambush predators. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tough Day for a Tettigoniid on a Tithonia
It was a tough day for a Tettigoniid on a Tithonia. When a katydid (Tettigoniid) encountered...
A crab spider administers a fatal bite on a katydid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The crab spider drags its prey to the edge of the Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The crab spider, hidden from the world around it, consumes the katydid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Crab Spider and a Bee
Oh, the patience of a crab spider. It lies in wait on the Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola,...
A crab spider on a Mexican sunflower is ready to ambush prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The crab spider scuttles back and forth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee, seeking nectar and pollen, lands on the Mexican sunflower, unaware of the predator. It quickly buzzed off. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)