”Two Bees in a Pod” or flower as the case may be. Unidentified bees

debra

Not enough of the insect(s) are showing for an ID. Certain flies could look like that also.

2nd spider is similar to Cross Spider orb weaver.

Jay, Creepy colorful guy!! Yikes!!

Logician, the first pic could be a fly?????

debra

It can't be a fly. It has 8 legs.

bk

He was referring to the two bees in a pod. I agree that the second looks like a Cross Orb Weaver. Can’t make out the first..,any guess as to its size?

tj

They are both orb weavers. I'm pretty sure that the second on is Araneus diatematus, European Garden spider (common in Europe and North America).

The first one is difficult to ID since it appears to be photographed from underneath. But she is sitting in the middle of her orb web.

The cute spider eating the fly has got to be one of the jumping spiders.

Ah yes, such is the nature of common names. Cross Orb Weaver also applies to Araneus diatematus.

tj

I was referring to the picture of the insects, and not the pictures of the non-insect spiders. Certain syrphid (hover) flies visit flowers and their abdomens look similar to some bees. Abdomens is about all that shows in the picture.

The first picture is the under side of the spider as that is how it formed it’s web between the cart edge and the bucket in the cart. I triedfor a better shot but no go!

debra

I’m sure the second one is Cat-faced spider - Araneus illaudatus.