What kind of spider is this?

[Lastchance 0]

Last summer my wife and I found two of these spiders in her roses and her lilies. This was on two seperate occasions but only about a week apart. There were no webs and these little guys would lie in wait just as you see and wait for a honey bee to land in the flower and would then attack the bee and sink their fangs into the bees head. We killed both of them which we probably shouldn't have done. We should've kept one. Anyway we never seen another. Maybe this summer. We have looked in several insect and spider books but have not been able to find it. We are in Montana and so far nobody that we have shown thes pics to can identify it. Thry were very small. Only about half the size of my thumbnail, if that. Can anybody out there identify it? Thanks

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[Broke 0]

looks like a crab spider to me

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[livendive 8]

Probably the scary kind.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[Lastchance 0]

If you're a honey bee.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

I've identified it: 'Fuckingus Horrificus'.




Glad I could be of service.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[Broke 0]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_spider

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[Lastchance 0]

Thanks. Where are they native to? We have all kinds of spiders every year but have never seen these before.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[Broke 0]

I don't know. I remember finding one at work, and decided since no one was getting injured it would be a good think to kill a couple of hours researching

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[livendive 8]

Quote

They are also commonly called "flower spiders" because they are most often found on flowers, lying in ambush for prey. Crab spiders do not build webs to trap prey, but are active hunters much like the jumping spiders

Like I said...they're the scary kind. Of course in my mind, so are the spiders that build webs, but "active hunters" give me the willies too.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[Shotgun 1]

Quote

Thry were very small. Only about half the size of my thumbnail, if that.

The roses in those pictures must be tiny! At first I thought the spider was huge, but I guess I'm just used to seeing really big roses.

[Lastchance 0]

Thanks for the link. It appears that my question has been aswered. I generally don't kill the spiders unless they are widows, recluse, boxers or hobos. But these guys were killing the honey bees. To bad they don't kill the killer bees.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[Lastchance 0]

These roses were smaller than normal. My wife is a grower in a greenhouse so our property is bascally an extension of that. She grows more flowers and plants than you can shake a stick at. Her lilies last summer were taller than she is. 5'5". I skydive for stress relief and she grows things. She couldn't kill a plant if she tried.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[bigway 4]

Quote

Last summer my wife and I found two of these spiders in her roses and her lilies.

Theat would be a sexual transmitted disease they call crabs i think.

.Karnage Krew Gear Store
.

[Lastchance 0]

Good one. My wife will get a kick out of that too.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[cocheese 0]

Spider Pig, Spider Pig.

[piisfish 140]

An-2 Spider

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[jtval 0]

That's a spider that crunches like a peanut but tastes more like an olive.

My photos

My Videos

[Lastchance 0]

Tastes like chicken.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[jtval 0]

Chicken Parm.

My photos

My Videos