Alien vs Predator

[kryppy]

Found this thing on some zoas today.

Decided it was time for a death match with the nudi that was found on the same rock with him.

I'm not sure if it is actually a zoa killer or not, I'm going to move them into my zoa predator jar and see what becomes of it.
They actually weren't fighting. It just landed on the nudi when I swirled the container.

 

[dc_909]

Nice

 

[pad]

that is wild

 

[Snakebyt]

yea, they are zoanthid predators..
by the way great pics.. what camera are you using?

 

[kryppy]

I took those with a Canon A80 and a reversed Promaster 28mm lens.

 

[aztbs]

You take the best zoo predator shots, it is only a shame that the subjects are so readily available.

 

[Galloyien]

Who won the fight?

 

[albie611]

sad to see you found this critter, i had a few a while back and lost half of my green meenies..... thats a zoanthid predatory spider they are very, very, very, bad for zoas. they will eat any they come in contact with.
be on the look out for eggs because if there is one ,there's bound to be more and they reproduce quickly.

good luck .......al

 

[Snakebyt]

WOW, i have a Canon A60, and a Canon A620, maybe i need to rig up a lense setup like that

 

[sr71]

man, that's some nice camera skills

 

[Speckled Grouper]

Does anybody know what the eggs look like?

I am quite good at spotting Nudis and eggs, but this one is new to me.

 

[Azurel]

I have read that zoa spiders lay thier egg inside the polyp of the zoanthid. The only way to find them is after they hatch......

 

[kryppy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8489292#post8489292 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Snakebyt
WOW, i have a Canon A60, and a Canon A620, maybe i need to rig up a lense setup like that

If you have an old SLR lens you can just hold it up there to get a taste.

I'll bet the 620 would make a smoking macro machine.

 

[Speckled Grouper]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8491862#post8491862 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Azurel
I have read that zoa spiders lay thier egg inside the polyp of the zoanthid. The only way to find them is after they hatch......

Aah, great:sad2: one more thing to worry about....