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Aouste-sur-Sye, Rhone-Alpes, France
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Bolzano Vicentino, Veneto, Italy
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Norway, Dividalen
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Alos De Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain
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Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Hollebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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It occurs on trunks of trees, both pines and broad-leaved, especially when these are covered with lichens
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Alos De Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain
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Found this critter in the sink so I just had to photograph it down a microscope. Its either a female or a female of the opposite sex :-)Its a lean mean eight-legged hunting machine. Okay, its a spider :-)
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Martlesham, England, United Kingdom
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Levens, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
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Camin, Veneto, Italy
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Kampung Serana, Pahang, Malaysia
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Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaClass=ArachnidaOrder=AraneaeSuborder=AraneomorphaeFamily=Zodariidae?Common name=Ant eating spider?
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Hodgson Vale, Queensland, Australia
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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syrphid prey:Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: Syrphoidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 1819 (hoverflies or flower flies, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Syrphinae SAMOUELLE, 1819Tribus: Bacchini Genus: Melanostoma SCHINER, 1860 (Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliegen)Melanostoma incompletum BECKER, 1908, (Kanarische Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege)[det. "artdivcan", 2019, based on photos]predatory spider:Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum:Chelicerata (Kieferklauentrger)Class:Arachnida Cuvier, 1812 (arachnids)Subclass: MicruraOrder: Araneae Clerck, 1757 (spiders, Spinnen)Suborder: Araneomorphae SIMON, 1892 (Echte Webspinnen)Superfamily: ThomisoideaFamily: Thomisidae SUNDEVALL, 1833 (Crab spiders, Krabbenspinnen)Genus: Misumena Latreille, 1804probably: Misumena spinifera BLACKWALL, 1862 (Green Flower Crab Spider, Kanarische Blumen-Krabbenspinne)[det. "artdivcan", 2019, based on photos]Spain, Canary Islands, NW Tenerife: vic. Erjos, ca. 1000m asl., 22.X.2016; IMG_9896
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Crete, Greece
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Girraween, Queensland, Australia
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Camin, Veneto, Italy