Lorraine Bennery / Napoleon crab spider (Synema globosum) female waiting to ambush prey on Bee orchid / Ophrys flower (Ophrys montis-aviarii), Var, France, May.

Nick Upton / Female Napoleon crab spider (Synema globosum) waiting for prey on Cretan oregano flowerhead (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Stephen Dalton / Crab spider (Synema globosum) female feeding on Robber fly (Asilidaea) male above, Exremadura, Spain

David Perpinan / Crab spider (Synema globosum) hiding beneath Grey-leaved cistus (Cistus albidus) petal, preparing to ambush prey, Barcelona, Spain. July.

David Perpinan / Crab spiders (Thomisus onustus) (Synema globosum) on a Grey-leaved cistus (Cistus albidus) flower with Beetles. A Beetle bothers the Spider (Thomisus onustus) and then the Spider flicks it away with i...

David Perpinan / Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) and Beetles on a Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus) flower. Another Crab spider (Synema globosum) appears from the underside of a petal and attempts to catch a Beetle....

David Perpinan / Crab spider (Synema globosum) on underside of a Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus) petal. It attempts to catch a Bee but fails. Barcelona, Spain. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) male, resting on a leaf, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab spider (Synema globosum) on a flower, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab spider (Synaema globosum) on a Poppy (Papaver sp.) flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) resting on woody stem, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) sitting and waiting on yellow flower, Umbria, Italy. May.