Just a random picture of a crab spider with a mirid lunch all wrapped up. Plant bugs seem to be a popular lunch item in my neck of the woods. Of course, they’re the largest true bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) family, mostly herbivores, and conveniently snack-sized.
Meal Time
30 Sep- Comments 2 Comments
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Photo does not depict a crab spider/Thomisid; that is a venomless orbweaver, family Uloboridae! probably genus Uloborus. The bristles on tibia I are distinctive. They also like to hang out on single-strand webs.
Thanks for the ID!