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Spider and bee June 2008-1
June 2008 (5 June 2008, according to Exif data)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- Self-photographed
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
A female Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) capturing a bee (cf. Andrena sp.). Spiders usually inject the poison at the back of the victim's head, where the nerves concentrate. Notice the perfect colour mimicry between the spider and the flower, a Yellow Chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria).
