It's Dangerous to Be a
Pollinator
A photo series. Images Copyright 2001, David L. Green Unauthorized use
prohibited

Possibly the Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans For
more info on this spider Also the third and sixth images below.
September 14,2001 Hemingway, SC USA

Well camoflaged Crab Spider (tentative ID, Misumena vatia) October,
2000 Hemingway, SC USA

Male Bombus pennsylvanicus victim Manning, SC USA 9-10-01

Cisseps fulvicollis, yellow collared scape moth, victim 9-14-01
Hemingway, SC USA
Not a spider but an ambush bug, possibly Phymata (family Phymatidae-sometimes included
with Reduviidae)
More on
Phymatidae (FL) Nice
Pics from Raphael Carter

Crab Spider and Bombus impatiens victim 9-14-01 Hemingway,
SC USA

Polistes metricus wasp victim 9-14-01 Hemingway,
SC USA
And to think there are wasps that prey on spiders!
Arachnology:
The Study of Spiders
A Guide to
Missouri Spiders
Good Bug, Bad Bug: Crab Spiders
Do spiders pollinate? Quite possibly they do some, especially
with self fertile flowers:
Spider pollinators for
orchids