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Crab Spider feeds on a Bumblebee

May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

  • Crab Spider feeds on a Bumblebee shows a female Goldenrod Spider feeding on a bumblebee in Juneau on May 20, 2019.
  • For good information about crab spiders look at /sites/default/files/Reproductive%20Success%20and%20Foraging%20of%20the%20Crab%20Spider%20Misumena%20vatia.pdf
  • This crab spider was hunting on Nootka Lupine. The main cross pollinator of this plant are bumblebees. Bumblebees provide these spiders with more nutrition than other insects. These female spiders require a certain amount of nutrition to successfully lay their eggs. 

Bob Armstrong
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Juneau, Alaska 99801
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