and as always if you want to get involved in the scheme please head over to the project page, there is still plenty of time to get out and find these spiders whilst they are most active, and help us further understand how they choose their flower hosts! foragingecology.com/spider-spies...
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to give an entoLIVE talk for the @biologicalrecording.co.uk, over 600 people signed up to listen to me talk about my work on commensalisms, their ecological importance, and how Flower Crab spiders fit into it all. biologicalrecording.co.uk/2026/06/02/f...
If you want to know how we're combining molecular, traditional and community science based methods in order to study the interactions of these spiders and their impacts please take a look at the talk and the really interesting questions the audience had to ask!
Cannot get over how gorgeous these ladies are, and can't wait to talk all about them on Tuesday! Crab spiders, commensalisms, Community science it'll be fab
⏰ #FinalCall - abstract submission for #Ento26 closes tomorrow.
If your draft is nearly there, now’s the time to finish and submit!
Don’t miss the opportunity to:
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🌸 Flowers + 🕷️ Flower Crab Spiders = surprise predator!
Learn how these spiders ambush pollinators & shape plant–insect interactions 🌎 🧪
🎓 Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social
📅 2 Jun | 13:00 - FREE entoLIVE webinar
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It's that time of year again! and much like the Flower Crab Spiders, Spider Spies is coming out of hibernation and running a second year. So if you want to be involved in investigating these colourful spiders and their flower using habits head over to our website foragingecology.com/spider-spies/
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initially thought they were an oribatid beetle mite... then freaked out upon taking a few photos - realizing they were BAEUS - a *tiny* (~600µm) parasitic wasp!
Lost them after trying to stop lens down for a bit more depth of field! Underneath a log, NE Oklahoma
Gorgeous lady camouflaged on a cow parsley plant!
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Meet the Flower Crab Spider 🕷️
Misumena vatia is a striking ambush predator, waiting on flowers to snatch unsuspecting pollinators. It’s also revealing secrets about plant–predator–pollinator interactions 🌎 🧪
FREE talk w/ @envirosyment.bsky.social on 2 June.
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The Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) is a camouflage expert when it comes to hiding out on flower heads to capture prey. In this talk, Rose will introduce the ecology of these spiders, why it is…
Welcome to Spider Spies! Flower crab spiders (Misumena vatia) love to live in flower verges, which are great for pollinators, biodiversity buffer zones and natural pest control. We want to find out…
How does a spider choose its flowers? 🕷️🌸
Meet Misumena vatia – an ambush predator that hunts pollinators, takes down huge prey, and even changes colour to camouflage.
Join @envirosyment.bsky.social on 2 June to see how modern ecology uncovers these secrets:
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