Won't Stay Slender, Pt. 2 - _TNY_8958S2
This is one of the slender crab spiders (Tibellus oblongus) but eating like this will be the end of that name.
I initially found this one on a beautifully yellow cushion spurge (Euphorbia epithymoides) eating two flies.
I snapped a few shots of the little feast and then we headed inside for some lunch of our own, but when I got back out I decided to check to see if it was done and saw it in the same place. It was still eating - but to my surprise it was eating something else. After finishing the two flies (I'm assuming they were mating and coupled), the spider had found and killed this hoverfly (possibly Cheilosia sp.) which it was devouring.
Part 1 with it eating the two flies here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50095146712/
Won't Stay Slender, Pt. 2 - _TNY_8958S2
This is one of the slender crab spiders (Tibellus oblongus) but eating like this will be the end of that name.
I initially found this one on a beautifully yellow cushion spurge (Euphorbia epithymoides) eating two flies.
I snapped a few shots of the little feast and then we headed inside for some lunch of our own, but when I got back out I decided to check to see if it was done and saw it in the same place. It was still eating - but to my surprise it was eating something else. After finishing the two flies (I'm assuming they were mating and coupled), the spider had found and killed this hoverfly (possibly Cheilosia sp.) which it was devouring.
Part 1 with it eating the two flies here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50095146712/