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Goldenrod Crab Spider on Ox-eye Daisy with Prey (Blow Fly), Summer

Goldenrod Crab Spider on Ox-eye Daisy with Prey (Blow Fly), Summer

Location: Michigan
Date: 26 June 2004
Camera: NIKON D100
Lens Focal Length: 200mm
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Aperture: f/16.0
ISO: 200
Keywords: Goldenrod Crab Spider; Misumena vatia; Ox-eye Daisy; 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.