Dangerous Dandelion, Pt. 2 - _TNY_1663
As I was leaving Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park on June 5th (of 2025), I reached the parking lot and noticed something on a dandelion in a ditch.
This "something" turned out to be this female goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) snacking on a male of some sort of mining bee (Andrena sp.)
The colour of the spider was somewhere in-between the snow white and the same yellow as the dandelion so I'm assuming she was in the process of changing. Presumably she is all yellow by now.
Part 1 from the side here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54570801021/
Dangerous Dandelion, Pt. 2 - _TNY_1663
As I was leaving Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park on June 5th (of 2025), I reached the parking lot and noticed something on a dandelion in a ditch.
This "something" turned out to be this female goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) snacking on a male of some sort of mining bee (Andrena sp.)
The colour of the spider was somewhere in-between the snow white and the same yellow as the dandelion so I'm assuming she was in the process of changing. Presumably she is all yellow by now.
Part 1 from the side here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54570801021/