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Crab Spider (f) Misumena vatia (Death Crab Spider)

Hargate Forest, Kent.

The Death Crab Spider does not use a web to catch its prey. Instead it lies in wait on flowers and vegetation to ambush its prey and subdue by a venomous bite.

Size Male length: 3-4 mm

Female length: 9-11 mm

 

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Uploaded on May 15, 2020
Taken on May 14, 2020