Goldenrod Crab Gallery

Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia)

Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on a blue flower catching a syrphid fly. The male spider is only 5 mm long, the female twice that. France

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Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) adult female, about to pounce on unsuspecting fly prey, on Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower, Denge Wood, North Downs, Kent, England, May

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