Thomisid preying on caterpiller on flame tree

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Light Micrograph
Description: 

An unidentified thomisid, possibly Thomisus spectabilis, attacking a caterpiller on a flame tree branch.

A description and Images of Thomisus spectabilis can be found on this web page.

The caterpillar is probably an early instar Chrysodeixis chalcites (see this image for comparison).

Creator: 
Aubrey Moore
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith