Jun 22
Flower Crab Spider aka Goldenrod Crab Spider/Misumena vatia/blomkrabbspindel. Värmland, Sweden (22 June 2014).
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Flower Crab Spider aka Goldenrod Crab Spider/Misumena vatia/blomkrabbspindel. Värmland, Sweden (22 June 2014).
some impressive verticality from this very gravid mystery Misumena. with crab spiders being as grumpy as they are, this is one of the best possible outcomes to approaching one - a photo of them all scrunched up is fun, but this pose really was made for the classic lazy vertical phone shot
she was still grumpy though
(July 10th, 2025)
Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Observed by isalasevicius, CC BY-NC
A skeleton crab spider (Phrynarachne sp.) captures a fly in North Vietnam
by Arthur Anker
I'm supposed to be out here surveying native plants today, but the arthropod world has been throwing a lot of dramatic scenes my way.
Leafy spiders
˖ᝬ ʿ🌸ꜝꜞ 𖦹 ˖࣪،̲Ꮺ !
Crab Spiders love flowers, being one of their preferred spots to inhabit.
Images from: Pinterest
Flower-Mimicking Crab Spiders - Thomisidae
Sooo, I already kind of knew of this species, but I didn't know about the variation ! This family of spiders contains about 171 genera of spiders ! HELLO ! ? ! ? 171 ? ! ?
That's insane ! They are insanely awesome ! ! !
@hispaatra I am nearly 100% sure, you are gonna love these guys !
HOW ARE THESE REAL ! ? ! ? THEY ARE SO GORGEOUS !