"I Once Caught a Fish This Big" - _TNY_0957
A female goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia), sometimes known as the flower crab spider, in a lovely almost mango-yellow colour on top of what must be a very poor choice of place for an ambush.
I mean, there can't be many pollinating insects landing on that one (which is a a year-old, dead heartleaf oxeye (Telekia speciosa).
Another shot of the same spider lady here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48554153121/
"I Once Caught a Fish This Big" - _TNY_0957
A female goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia), sometimes known as the flower crab spider, in a lovely almost mango-yellow colour on top of what must be a very poor choice of place for an ambush.
I mean, there can't be many pollinating insects landing on that one (which is a a year-old, dead heartleaf oxeye (Telekia speciosa).
Another shot of the same spider lady here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48554153121/