Fly on head of crab spider attacking honeybee.jpg

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Photograph
Keywords: 
kleptoparasitic
Description: 

Desmometopa sp resting on head of crab spider (Misumena vatia (Thomisidae) feeding on honeybee (Apis mellifera) which had been visiting flowers of Eupatorium serotinum

Taxonomic name: 
Desmometopa (Classification)
Associated taxa: 
Apis mellifera
Misumena vatia
Eupatorium serotinum
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith