Juergen Freund / Horsehoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) swimming on its back with gills creating the propulsion, Palawan, Philippines. Did you know? Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders than crabs.

Chris Shields / Illustration of crab spider (Thanatus striatus) Philodromidae,.

Michael Quinton / Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata) camouflaged on yellow flower, Alaska

Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female alert for prey on a flower, Italy

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Crab spider (probably Thomisus onustus) preying on a Bush cricket (Tettigoniidae) on Musk thistle flower (Carduus nutans / macrocephalus) near Skrka lake, Hutovo Blato Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegov...

Alex Hyde / Crab Spider {Xysticus cristatus} male, Austrian Alps, June 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitlan / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) yellow form, portrait, on yellow Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION Wild Wonders kids boo...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) yellow form on yellow Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) showing asymmetry in front leg length, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on Euphorbia, Queyras, France, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crab spider (Misumena sp) on flower, Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) in a Foxglove flower waiting for prey, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Mollers / Female Pink crab spider (Thomisus onustus) with moth prey, San Marino, May 2009. Wild Wonders kids book.

Jean E. Roche / Turning a crop of Hyssop {Hyssopus officinalis} with pitchforks, Buech, France