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

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

Andy Sands / Goldenrod / Crab spider {Misumena vatia} female on Pyramidal orchid. France.

Colin Varndell / Goldenrod / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with insect prey, Dorset, UK, June

Alex Hyde / White form of goldenrod crab spider (Misumenia vatia) camouflaged on umbelliferae flowers waiting for prey, Midi-Pyrenees, France, August.

Alex Hyde / White form of goldenrod crab spider (Misumenia vatia) camouflaged on umbellifer flowers waiting for prey, Midi-Pyrenees, France, August.

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) on green plant, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) on green plant, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) on green leaf, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on white flower, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) Dacusville, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Robert Thompson / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on purple flowers. Near Cilipi, south of Dubrovnik, Croatia, May.

Nick Upton / White form of Goldenrod crab spider (Misumenia vatia) camouflaged on Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) flowers sinking fangs into the head of a large Horse fly (Dasyrhamphis anthracinus). Corsica, F...

Nick Upton / White form of Goldenrod crab spider (Misumenia vatia) camouflaged on Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) flowers sinking fangs into the head of a large Horse fly (Dasyrhamphis anthracinus). Corsica, F...

Solvin Zankl / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) females feeding on beetle, sitting on pink Carnations, Germany

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) alert and waiting for prey on a flower petal, in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) alert and waiting for prey on a flower petal, in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) alert and waiting for prey on a flower petal, in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) alert and waiting for prey on a flower petal, in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe.

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) with Meadow Brown Butterfly (Maniola jurtina) prey, UK

Edwin Giesbers / Crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on yellow flower with honey bee prey, Lesbos, Greece

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

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

Sven Zacek / Golden rod Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on a globe flower (Trollius europaeus) Estonia

Sven Zacek / Golden rod Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on a globe flower (Trollius europaeus) Estonia

Sven Zacek / Golden rod Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on a globe flower (Trollius europaeus) Estonia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) waiting for prey on Wild garlic flower, Thousand hills (100 Gnomes) region, North West Moldova, June 2009

Russell Cooper / Flower / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) feeding on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) London, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumema vatia) on flower, Thomisidae, UK

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) juvenile, UK

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) UK, Thomisidae

Stephen Dalton / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on the underside of a petal, UK

Stephen Dalton / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on blade of grass, UK

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on Ox-eye daisy flower, UK, Thomisidae

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) close up of head and eyes, UK, Thomisidae

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Clematis flower, UK, Thomisidae

Stephen Dalton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) juvenile, UK

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

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Female Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) with moth prey, San Marino, May 2009

Tim Martin / Yellow crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia). Somerset, UK. July

Tim Martin / Yellow crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia). Somerset, UK. July

Silvia Reiche / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) with fly prey, Germany

Silvia Reiche / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on flower, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) with eggs on flower, Europe

Silvia Reiche / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) with eggs on flower, Europe

Michael Quinton / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on rose, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on rose, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) in flower, Alaska

Gerry Ellis / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) female on flower, native throughout temperate North America

Simon Colmer / Female Goldenrod Crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on petal of Yellow Welsh poppy, UK

Simon Colmer / Female Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) on Welsh Poppy petal, UK

Simon Colmer / Crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) female on Welsh Poppy, UK

Simon Colmer / Crab / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) female on Welsh Poppy, UK

Kim Taylor / Goldenrod / Crab spider {Misumena vatia} with moth prey. Europe.

Kim Taylor / Goldenrod / Crab spider {Misumena vatia} with Map butterfly prey. Europe

Philip Dalton / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} eating fly on Early purple orchid, UK.

Philip Dalton / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} eating fly on Early purple orchid, UK.

Philip Dalton / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} eating fly on Early purple orchid, UK.

Kim Taylor / Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) with Bumblebee prey. UK.

Kim Taylor / Crab spider {Misumena vatia} with captured bee. Digital composite, UK.

David Kjaer / Goldenrod crab spider {Misumena vatia} wth prey on flower Wiltshire, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Goldenrod spider / crab spider (Misumena vatia) female camouflaged on ox-eye daisy flower, UK

Konrad Wothe / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on purple flower, Europe

Tim Fitzharris / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) close-up on flower, New Mexico

Konrad Wothe / Pink Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) flower with Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia), Upper Bavaria, Germany

Chris Shields / Illustration of Crab spider (Misumena vatia),Thomisidae; female top, male bottom.

Kim Taylor / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow form on Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower, Surrey, England

Fabio Liverani / Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia) feeding on a wasp, on a Plantago flower. Grigne Montain, Lombardia Region, Italy

Premaphotos / Flower / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) female camouflaged on Hogweed flower head, UK

Premaphotos / Flower / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) female, yellow form, on Bell heather flower, UK

Premaphotos / Goldenrod / Flower spider female (Misumena vatia) male crawling around over the large female, who just ignores him, UK

Premaphotos / Flower / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with prey, yellow form perfectly camouflaged on a buttercup flower, UK

Premaphotos / Goldenrod / Flower spider (Misumena vatia) female feeding on a large fly, UK

Tom Vezo / Goldenrod spider {Misumena vatia} on Strawberry hedgehog cactus flower, Arizona, USA