A moment’s predation in our nettle beds, photographed one morning last week by Ian Bushell: a crab spider, probably Xysticus cristatus, has caught a red and black froghopper, Cercopis vulnerata, for breakfast. Crab spiders don’t build webs, they lie in wait and pounce on passing prey.
Header image: crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) and froghopper by Ian Bushell (SCPLNR 0523)
Southwick Country Park Nature Reserve 