The jaws of death by durleybeachbum

Photography • Creatures • posted on Aug 19, 2009

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The Crab spider, Misumena vatia with the remains of her lunch, a little hoverfly, Melanostoma scalare. She is on Phlox Blue Boy. I was cutting some for the house, or I should never have seen her. Nothing quite so exciting for a nature freak as a good murder! Zoom for the full forensic delights.

Comments (56)

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BessieB

12:48PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

An incredible shot Andrea!

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emmecielle

1:11PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

A terrible image but at the same time fantastic! Excellent capture! :)

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lucindawind

1:13PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

wow ! awesome

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-seek-

4:10PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

cool sight!

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flavia49

4:28PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

terrific capture and excellent macro!

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costapanos

4:38PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

Excellent Shot! It seems to me that she knows that she is all that!

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ShadowsNTime

4:43PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

Ewwwwww!!! Nice shot ANdrea, I have shivers now, lol!

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goodoleboy

4:48PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

An excellent example of nature, red in tooth and claw, A! This capture is beyond fabulous; rapt with color, clarity, lighting and textural effects, drama...

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Str4wB34ry

5:00PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

Great action shot as the crime is commited! It's just natures way. Excellant macro.

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GBCalls

5:58PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

Awesome shot!

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jocko500

6:48PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

wonderful shot

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moonrancher

7:57PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

Fantastic! Mmmm. Juicy. They smell really nice, but are you sure you still want to bring those flowers inside?

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danapommet

10:56PM | Wed, 19 August 2009

Outstanding Macro. ZOOM in and count all those eyes. Beautiful comtrast against the Phlox. Dana

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beachzz

12:09AM | Thu, 20 August 2009

No mystery about this murder--what a GREAT shot!!

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Crabbycabby

1:34AM | Thu, 20 August 2009

Brilliant capture.

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decie

4:43AM | Thu, 20 August 2009

excellent capture.

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anahata.c

6:06AM | Thu, 20 August 2009

oh what a delight for 6 in the morning! lol! got any more? I'm big on animals devouring each other at my dawn! (lol) It's a fine detailed capture, and with real clarity, of a basic fact of nature. I had a friend who was a gourmet cook, and her one reaction to these scenes wasn't the gore or murder, but how any self-respecting insect could settle for an insect! (Like it's gonna say, "no thanks, I'll just order some Peking Duck!") I like the light on the flower too.

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traceyjane

4:21PM | Thu, 20 August 2009

great shot

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orig_buggy

4:38PM | Thu, 20 August 2009

wowwwwwwwwwwww !!! Never seen a spider quite like this one!!

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Hubba1

9:21PM | Thu, 20 August 2009

WOW! this is awsome!

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kleinhoon

7:15AM | Fri, 21 August 2009

Awesome shot and expert timing..!!

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nigh23

7:42PM | Sun, 23 August 2009

ultra fantastic shot what an oportunity

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cocker666

1:35PM | Mon, 24 August 2009

wow amazing photo

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Chaosphoto

8:29AM | Wed, 26 August 2009

there are so many amazing spiders in the world. This is certainly one of them

weedge

2:45PM | Wed, 26 August 2009

Great capture, maybe it's not killing it, maybe it's picking the flys brain for a little info....grrroan :)

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Mark-David-Rogers

5:10PM | Fri, 07 March 2014

An excellent shot, clearly been taking high quality photographs for many years and the quality is clear to see... interesting spider this species, I do believe they can change colour to some degree?.