Unidentified Crab spider or Flower spider at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Thomisidae (family) | Yesterday | NateKingsford | ||
| Unidentified | Yesterday | LisaH |
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Drama on the spearmint flowers today! One spider had snared a hapless moth (reddish wave?). Another one was intent on stealing a meal without doing the work, stalking on top of the flower, then quickly scudding underneath (1st pic). In the blink of a shutter press, the second spider grabbed at the moth (2nd pic), before completely stealing the still-live meal (3rd pic) - and then, suddenly finding itself bereft of its bounty, as the moth managed to fly off! (4th pic).
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Location information
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- Yesterday 10:18 AM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Species information
- Thomisidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Crab spider or Flower spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 837.11m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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