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I Once Caught a Fish This Big, Pt. 3 - _TNY_0956

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).

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48882113742/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51792291206/

 

Another shot of the same spider lady here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48554153121/

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Uploaded on January 22, 2023
Taken on August 5, 2019