Jumping Spider (Salticidae) with prey - a Flesh Fly (Sarcophagidae)
This little Jumping Spider (Salticidae) has captured a Flesh Fly (Sarcophagidae, Diptera) on the pad of a Prickly Pear (Opuntia, Cactaceae) cactus in our garden. I believe the spider is another Johnson Jumper (Phidippus johnsoni) or kin, different from the one in yesterday's photo. See my [Previous] photo (here) for the chase before the kill. I had to think which photo to put first today, but this is the better photo. Arachtober 9. (San Marcos Pass, 9 October 2016)
Today was a good day for spider photos. I only got as far as the mailbox and already had photos of this one, another green lynx spider, a crab spider, a labyrinth spider, and a cat-faced spider! I may take tomorrow off. It was a nice-enough day, a little breezy. Interesting - it was warm on the sun, but cool in the shade. It's another sign of autumn.
Jumping Spider (Salticidae) with prey - a Flesh Fly (Sarcophagidae)
This little Jumping Spider (Salticidae) has captured a Flesh Fly (Sarcophagidae, Diptera) on the pad of a Prickly Pear (Opuntia, Cactaceae) cactus in our garden. I believe the spider is another Johnson Jumper (Phidippus johnsoni) or kin, different from the one in yesterday's photo. See my [Previous] photo (here) for the chase before the kill. I had to think which photo to put first today, but this is the better photo. Arachtober 9. (San Marcos Pass, 9 October 2016)
Today was a good day for spider photos. I only got as far as the mailbox and already had photos of this one, another green lynx spider, a crab spider, a labyrinth spider, and a cat-faced spider! I may take tomorrow off. It was a nice-enough day, a little breezy. Interesting - it was warm on the sun, but cool in the shade. It's another sign of autumn.