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Potter spider wasp

Sorry if this is the wrong sub but I guess it is spider related...

I was just amazed by the brutality of this spider wasp on my zucchini plant. It paralyses the spider and drags it to a "pot" it made before, lays eggs inside the living spider and then closes the lid.

Does anyone of you guys know what kind of spider it is?

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Running Crab Spider

Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.

I'm fairly sure this spider is in the Philodromidae family of crab spiders. Maybe it's in the Ebo genus, but I don't dare guess the species. I could also have this ID completely wrong. Any arachnophiles can feel free to correct me. I found this little dude on an apple tree.

I took this with an OM1 and 60mm macro with 26mm tubes.

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Bronze Jumper (Eris militaris)

Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.

I was birding again and stumbled upon this little jumper on a developing acorn. I swapped to my macro for the close ups, but my telephoto did pretty well for those zoomed out shots. "Eris" is the Greek goddess of discord and strife. "Militaris" is Latin for "of a soldier" or "military", so this spider's name is "discord of a soldier" which is pretty badass imo. This spider wasn't too interested in the many tiny beetles that walked right up to it. I was hoping I could get some action shots, but alas.

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Stone Spider

Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.

A species of wolf spider that's common here. These little arachnids are quick crawlers. They hang out on rocks and ambush their prey, closing quite the distance swiftly, webs not required. I didn't stick around to find any feeding, another time.

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