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Female Crab Spider - Misumena vatia

Can be variable in colour from whitish - green, to bright yellow depending on the spiders habitat in matching the colour of the flower its on. An ambush hunter that will sit and wait for its prey. Can be found on flower heads, among grass, scrub, woodland edges and gardens. Around 27 species of crab spiders to be found in the UK and named after the spiders crab like appearance.

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Uploaded on June 13, 2022
Taken on June 11, 2022