Expertly Camouflaged, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5055 (In Explore 13/12 2020)
Sneaking around the cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) near the Nedre Dammen pond at Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park, I found this lady goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) busy eating the pine parasyrphus hoverfly (Parasyrphus vittiger) she had just caught.
These ones can alter their colour from white to lime green to mango yellow (though it takes several days to complete a single shift), but here the white outfit was clearly the correct one. I only saw the hoverfly in a weird position until I got really close.
This was taken using a Canon MP-E65mm lens at 2:1 magnification.
Part 1 (at 1.5:1 mag) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49963741403/
Expertly Camouflaged, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5055 (In Explore 13/12 2020)
Sneaking around the cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) near the Nedre Dammen pond at Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park, I found this lady goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) busy eating the pine parasyrphus hoverfly (Parasyrphus vittiger) she had just caught.
These ones can alter their colour from white to lime green to mango yellow (though it takes several days to complete a single shift), but here the white outfit was clearly the correct one. I only saw the hoverfly in a weird position until I got really close.
This was taken using a Canon MP-E65mm lens at 2:1 magnification.
Part 1 (at 1.5:1 mag) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49963741403/