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Green anole lizard on top-bar hive. Bee Cave, Texas. 2020.
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Robber fly in the genus Chrysopogon with honey bee. 10/28/2020. Busselton, West Australia. Lachlan Perry photo.
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Grasshopper eating honey bee caught in spider’s web. Los Angeles, CA. 6/25/2012. Reza Hashemizadeh photo.
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Green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) eating honey bee. Southeastern Louisiana, 10/21/2019. Dee Jacobsen photo.
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Frog eating honey bees on top of bee hive. 8/8/2022. Bellevue, Michigan. Leila Dean photo.
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Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) preys on honey bee. Kathy Keatley Garvey photo.
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Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) on top-bar beehive. 5/17/2019. Bee Cave, Texas.
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Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) on top-bar beehive. 5/17/2019. Bee Cave, Texas.
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Wolf spiders preying on honey bees in the inner cover of a beehive. Chicago, 11/7/2014. Chicagohoneycoop.com photo.
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Wax moth remains after predation by Carolina wolf spider (Hogna carolinensis). Bee Cave, Texas. 11/6/2022
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Carolina wolf spider (Hogna carolinensis). Two spotted on same day, on hives one mile apart. Both seemed to be lying in ambush under the hive covers. Second spider was observed surrounded by wax moth wings. Bee Cave, Texas. 11/6/2022
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Female yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) with “freeloader flies” (Milichiidae) lapping up leaking hemolymph and other fluids. Hatfield, Massachusetts. Sloan Tomlinson photo.
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Jagged ambush bugs (Pjhymata americana), which sometimes hunt while mating. Hatfield, Massachusetts. Sloan Tomlinson photo.
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The “Florida bee killer” robber fly (Mallophora bomboides). Near Wimauma, Florida. Nancy West photo.
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Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis). This species has been observed to grab honey bees by the head and thorax and rub the abdomen on a hard surface until it breaks off. They then consume only the head and thorax. Harsi S. Parker photo.
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Cactus wren removes honey bee stinger before consuming. Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona. 7/1/2018. Jesse Hoteling photo.
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Bee assassin (Apiomerus spissipes). Lampasas, Texas. Photo: "Mike L"
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