6664 Predation
A green and pink Mecaphesa crab spider caught a carpenter bee (?) in a saskatoon flower. I have never seen that species of crab spider. Hidden Valley, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 10 May 2024.
Confirmed as genus Mecaphesa on inaturalist.
Mecaphesa
bugguide.net/node/view/4999. Apparently, according to one of the indentifiers: "The key on BugGuide is a little dated, the person who made it has since discovered that the eye size thing isn’t a consistent trait. What is a consistent trait is the hairs on the carapace—Mecaphesa will have numerous long hairs on the carapace (Carapace means the thorax (or head). Dorsal hairs), Misumena will have a hairless carapace except for a few extremely short hairs next to the eyes.
6664 Predation
A green and pink Mecaphesa crab spider caught a carpenter bee (?) in a saskatoon flower. I have never seen that species of crab spider. Hidden Valley, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 10 May 2024.
Confirmed as genus Mecaphesa on inaturalist.
Mecaphesa
bugguide.net/node/view/4999. Apparently, according to one of the indentifiers: "The key on BugGuide is a little dated, the person who made it has since discovered that the eye size thing isn’t a consistent trait. What is a consistent trait is the hairs on the carapace—Mecaphesa will have numerous long hairs on the carapace (Carapace means the thorax (or head). Dorsal hairs), Misumena will have a hairless carapace except for a few extremely short hairs next to the eyes.