This is why you never kill

You realize from the mosquito's perspective it was attacked and killed by an opaque ghost like multi-eyed, multi-legged, fanged vampire?

 

i don't bother spiders if they don't bother me. but that isn't always the case.

 

It may be a wolf but those are generally not tiny. If it is, coloration is a real bummer because they are strictly visual hunters.

Right now I can't find any good pictures, but it may be Thomisidae. They have a range of 'floral' colorations and wait in matching flowers for food to arrive.

You might find a similar one by inspecting white flowers nearby.

 

Thanks for ruining daisies for me.

 

I hate spiders enough already. Now I'm going to have nightmares..............

 

Thomisids are small and seemingly have a good sense of suitable prey sizes. I think flower-sniffing may safely continue.

There are some 'Praying Mantises' that very closely resemble some orchids. Those could give a little nip.

 

Speaking of praying mantises.....got home from errands about an hour ago. Walking up the handrail of the front steps was the smallest praying mantis I've ever seen. Probably less than an inch long and fast as heck. Tried to get him to climb on my hand but he wasn't having anything to do with it. Typically when we see them around here they're between 3 and 6 inches long. Those big ones are awesome.

 

Those with very distended abdomens are ladies who have not yet put down their egg cases. I ask students not to take those for insect collections. Unborn babies and all that.

 

Clean your fingernails for macro shots!

 

I am not a spider expert, but bugs life are often subjects of my macro photos. Here are a few white spider photos I found in my portfolio.

 

Are those crab spiders?

Pixel XL ?

 

As I said, I am not an expert in identifying spider species. But yeah, Googling "crab spiders", it dose look like that's it.
Misumena vatia - Wikipedia

 

As a macro photographer myself, I gotta say I like those pictures. Spiders are my favorite macro subjects.

 

[email protected] is a mantid. Not a thomisid nor even a spider.

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Crab spider is an informal naming referring to Thomisidae or a subset of that family.

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So far we have no certain ID of spider one.

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Macro photos useful for spider species ID need to show pattern of eyes. With that you are sure to also get chelicerae and the sexy bits.

 

This is all I need to know about spiders. They bite. Bites can cause this:



I had one worse than this. Anything that bites, if it's in my house, it's shmushed. Catch and release is for fish.

Gotta say I'm impressed with the photos!

 

But some can be much worse.


The brown recluse responsible for that have a habit of coming into houses and hiding in laundry.

That was a baby. Cousin had a one as a pet that laid eggs, and they came home to hundreds of little babies wandering the house one day.