Rod Planck Photography: Goldenrod Crab Spider on Domestic Bleeding-hearts, Summer

Showy Lady's-slipper

Goldenrod Crab Spider on Domestic Bleeding-hearts, Summer

Location: Michigan

Date: 23 June 2004

Camera: NIKON D100

Lens Focal Length: 200mm

Shutter Speed: 1/20

Aperture: f/14.0

ISO: 200

Keywords: Goldenrod Crab Spider; Misumena vatia; Domestic Bleeding-hearts; Summer; Michigan; camouflage; ambush; Insect; Spider;

Hunts by camouflage and ambushing prey. Also can change color to match flower (yellow, green or white).


These images include no captive animals as subjects and no digital or physical manipulation of shapes, forms or colors.