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The Death in a Flower - Goliath

 

Mhhh...bumble bee soup!

 

 

 

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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Photograph by José Verkest, Text by Maria Pfeifer