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Project 365 Day 4 / August 7, 2014

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i have absolutely no idea what the green fly is, but thats one of the little jumping spiders that hangs out.  i was going outside and saw this first from the other side.  little spider hung out for about 5 minutes and then headed off into the vines with its meal.  i think the jumping spider is a male phidippus audax
www.spiders.us/species/phidipp…
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6000x4000px 4.97 MB
Make
SONY
Model
SLT-A77V
Shutter Speed
1/250 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
50 mm
ISO Speed
50
Date Taken
Aug 7, 2014, 5:58:49 PM
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Very cool, and you're correct on the species.
A young Daring Jumper (Phidippus Audax) with a Green Damselfly (possibly Ischnura posita).

One of the reasons they are called Daring or Bold Jumpers is their habit of grabbing prey bigger than themselves.
I saw one that had grabbed a moth MUCH bigger than itself...
The spider unbalanced the moth so it couldn't fly, but it still got bounced & dragged around for quite while before the moth finally succumbed to the venom.