Examination of the bee predation of „flower crab” spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in Morocco
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https://doi.org/10.17205/SZIE.AWETH.2019.2.054Keywords:
crab spiders, bee predator, MoroccoAbstract
The authors studied the prey selection of „flower crab” spiders in Morocco in the summer of 2013. In the study, the prey sets of two species: the black and yellow crab spider [Synema globosum (Fabricius, 1775)] and the white crab spider (Thomisus onustus Walckenaer, 1805) were investigated and determined. Based on our results so far, the black-yellow species, despite the fact that they are hunting for larger, flower-visiting insects, did not predate any bee species (Apidae) at all. By contrast, 16% of the prey of the white crab spiders were bees.
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