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Misumena vatia A female yellow Goldenrod Crab spider with its front legs lifted in a threatening position. (Found: Sweden. ) Male Goldenrod Crab spider from above. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) Head-on view of a male Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) Female yellow Goldenrod Crab spider on black background. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. ) Pale yellow Misumena vatia, front view. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 ) Close-up of a male Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) Close-up of the head of a female yellow Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. ) Close-up of a male Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) Close-up of the face of a white female Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. June 2004 ) Close-up of the eyes of a female Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 ) Close-up of the eyes of a male Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) White female Goldenrod Crab spider on a leaf. Notice its yellow eyes. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. June 2004 ) White female Goldenrod Crab spider on a leaf. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. June 2004 ) Goldenrod Crab spider spiderling. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. June 2008 ) Male Goldenrod Crab spider from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) Female juvenile Goldenrod Crab spider from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. June 2008 ) Female juvenile Goldenrod Crab spider from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 ) Palps of a male Goldenrod Crab spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) Male Goldenrod Crab spider, about 3 mm long. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. May 2008 ) Female juvenile Goldenrod Crab spider, about 5,5 mm long. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )

Facts: Family: Thomisidae Scientific name: Misumena vatia Common name: Goldenrod Crab spider This common Crab spider doesn’t make a net to capture its prey. It has a unique ability to change its colour, like a chameleon. It hides and waits in flowers for its prey to come close enough to ambush it. The Goldenrod Crab spiders can change its colour between white, yellow and light green. Also notice the big difference in general appearence in the male and the female.

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Disclaimer. I am a photographer, not an arachnologist. Although I spend a lot of time on spider identification, I can not give a 100% guarantee on the id of the spiders.