Not only bees, also big bumble-bees are no problem to Misumena vatia: in this picture, it killed the Common Carder-bee (Bombus agrorum). This is a big piece of meat for the crab spider. Its digestion will take quite a while. For the long front legs not to disturb during dinner, the crab spider just folds them backward.
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A Beautiful Death | Not a Flying Egg | Lucky | Beauty | |
Strong Armor | Big Beast | On the Fast Lane | Goliath | |
Small but Mean | A Flirt on the Edge | Big Love | Mating |
Photograph by José Verkest, Text by Maria Pfeifer |