Saturday, 28 May 2011

Crab Spider - Misumena vatia

    Family - Thomisidae
    Genus - Misumena
    Single UK species.

    A rather pretty Crab Spider. They sit in Flowers and ambush visiting insects.
    They are able to slowly change colour, depending on which flower they inhabit.
    Female
    Dulwich
    28.05.2011

2 comments:

  1. Gorgeous photos, as always! I especially love the first one.

    I've caught a crab spider (different species than this) before but didn't know what it was. It was white. And I'm stateside.

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  2. Love the way you've captured the textures on her abdomen.

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