Lorraine Bennery / Napoleon crab spider (Synema globosum) female waiting to ambush prey on Bee orchid / Ophrys flower (Ophrys montis-aviarii), Var, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Female Napoleon crab spider (Synema globosum) waiting for prey on Cretan oregano flowerhead (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.
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Stephen Dalton / Crab spider (Synema globosum) female feeding on Robber fly (Asilidaea) male above, Exremadura, Spain
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Nick Upton / Crab spider (Synema globosa) with Honey bee (Apis mellifera) prey much larger than itself, Corsica, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) feeding on a smaller Crab spider (Synema globosa) on a Crown daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium) flower, Corsica, France, May.
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...
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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....
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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.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) male, resting on a leaf, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab spider (Synema globosum) on a flower, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy June.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab spider (Synaema globosum) on a Poppy (Papaver sp.) flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) resting on woody stem, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) sitting and waiting on yellow flower, Umbria, Italy. May.
