Phil Savoie / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) bringing Crab spider (Misumena vatia) prey to nest, Monmouthshire Wales, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to and catching a fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Alex Hyde / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on yellow flower. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.
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Nick Upton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female on Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) waiting for prey to land, legs raised, Wiltshire, England, UK. July.
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Bernard Castelein / Crab spider (Misumena vatia), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July
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Bernard Castelein / Crab spider (Misumena vatia), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July
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Nick Upton / Head-on view of a Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) juvenile well camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Robin Chittenden / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower. Cyprus. April.
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Heather Angel / White flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged against Golden Mexican orange blossom (Choysia ternata 'Sundance') flower. Spider is an ambush predator killing visiting pollinators such...
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, feeding on a small fly (Muscidae) it has caught, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
