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Taken 15-Feb-14
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Green lynx spider - Peucetia viridans European honey bee - Apis mellifera Freeloader Flies - Family Milichiidae

Family Oxyopidae - Lynx spiders

A flies scavenges on the bee killed by the spider. They are an annoyance to the spider. One is on his head.

My yard 02/15/2017
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7100, f/NA, 1/250, ISO 400, No Flash
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Keywords:Hymenoptera/bees/Apidae/European honey bee - Apis mellifera, Spiders - Areneae/Lynx spiders - Oxyopidae/Green lynx spider - Peucetia viridans, places/CA/Long Beach/my yard, Flies - Diptera/Freeloader Flies - Family Milichiidae
Kim Moore
Green lynx spider - Peucetia viridans European honey bee - Apis mellifera Freeloader Flies - Family Milichiidae
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