Ground crab spider ( Xysticus luctans ) by larose forest photos


23-SEP-2012	Christine Hanrahan

Found this little spider with its tiny prey (no idea what it is, but it is ant-sized)on a milkweed leaf.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/60s f/4.0 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

Stephen Buckingham		27-Sep-2012 03:01
Nice photo. Crab spiders are quite the stalkers.

Carl Carbone		26-Sep-2012 01:27
He looks like he's been working out! Great find!

Patrick Goossens		25-Sep-2012 12:45
Never seen them in this colourform.

Jim Coffman		25-Sep-2012 12:39
A very nice macro shot with excellent detail..

Hank Vander Velde		25-Sep-2012 11:31
Beautiful sharp macro image Christine.

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