It caught a Libellulid dragonfly while standing on Pluchea sericea bush.
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On milkweed
A Ground Crab Spider having lunch with a Western Honey Bee on a Garland Daisy.
"This is a Genus Xysticus, ground crab spider, with a generally flattened abdomen, carapace with the front distinctly higher than the back, and the two pairs of lateral eyes on incompletely joined tubercles."
More detailed information> https://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_crab_Xysticus/
This species is originally from Africa, the Mediterranean area, and the Middle East. It has been accidentally introduced into California and Florida. The adults are mimics of honey bees. Larvae are "rat-tailed maggots" (described by Perez-Banon et al., 2003). The "rat-tail" is actually a telescopic breathing tube that allows larvae to mature in stagnant, and often polluted, water (and other moist substrates lacking in oxygen). The tube allows them to "snorkel" at the surface to breathe. Also on the list of this fly's larval habitats, are rare cases of human intestinal myiasis — where larvae develop inside the human gut — that have been documented for this group. The breathing tubes of the maggots, in this case, would be located in close proximity to their host's anus to allow them to breathe.
See details of E. taeniops at: //www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2003/03/16.pdf
2 1/2 inches long.
Seen in the morning at a camp site pull-off.
Crawled/Flopped on the ground for five minutes or so before we lost sight of it.
Location Approximate.
Photo by Dana Cole
Caught two and they started to mate before I could separate them
Very small, looks like a solpugid?
An inch long. Was climbing upside down. Super thin claws.
About half an inch. Found under a rock. Bark scorpion maybe?
Riverside County, California, US