Predator Et Predator

Crumby was thrilled the other day when the first ever documented bee killer or assassin bug (Apiomerus spissipes) turned up. What a cool bug, Crumby thought. I sure hope it doesn’t eat too many of my bees though.

Well it didn’t eat too many bees. Instead, it got et. Mercy!



Yes. A dang lynx spider (Peucetia viridens) got Crumby’s bee killer.









Before that, the same dang lynx spider got this (Polistes metricus).

Yes. The dern spider sits in the same spot just below the top of the Helianthus maximiliana awaiting other predators to come along and be et. Unfortunately, Crumby has never been around for a kill. Was there a mighty bug tussle? Maybe, maybe not.

Goodness gracious sakes alive! Crumby is surely glad he is bigger than a bug, or too big for green lynx spiders.