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Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Photograph
Keywords: 
kleptoparasitic
Description: 

Desmometopa sp feeding on Apis mellifera attacked by Misumena vatia (Thomisidae) resting on Eupatorium serotinum

Taxonomic name: 
Desmometopa (Classification)
Associated taxa: 
Apis mellifera
Misumena vatia
Eupatorium serotinum
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith