Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

I've been watching this crab spider for some time. Usually I find them in the blossoms of flowers - but with autumn and approaching winter, they seem to have migrated to tall grass.

But first - my old friend, Lyssomanes viridis Green magnolia jumping spider

December 2, 2015 - the crab spider (Mecaphesa celer) hiding at the junction between a blade of grass and the primary stalk - waiting for something

Dec 3, 2015 - she hiding on another blade of grass

Another view of her in her hunting posture

I thought she might be waiting for a plant hopper

Dec 4, 2015 - Here she caught a small spider

Appears to be a female Leucuage venusta

Here the abdomen is better visualized - and her 8 eyes

Nearby was a male Tetragnatha sp.

C. Frank Starmer

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