Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow female on Honesty flower, Bristol, UK, April

Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow female on Honesty flowers with house and garden visible, Bristol, UK, April

Michael Hutchinson / Female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, trying to catch a hoverfly, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Wide angle shot of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, with flies flying nearby, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Close-up of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, feeding on hoverfly prey, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Close-up of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) catching a hoverfly, on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua), Bristol, England, UK, April.

Andy Sands / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) sitting on a garden flower, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April - Focus Stacked

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to and catching a fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Phil Savoie / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) bringing Crab spider (Misumena vatia) prey to nest, Monmouthshire Wales, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on yellow flower. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female alert for prey on a flower, Italy

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Female Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) with moth prey, San Marino, May 2009 Wild Wonders kids book.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) in a Foxglove flower waiting for prey, UK

Andy Sands / Goldenrod / Crab spider {Misumena vatia} female on Pyramidal orchid. France.

Doug Wechsler / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) female camouflaged on flower

Nick Upton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) hunting on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) flowers on heathland, Dorset, UK, August.

Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with red and green stripes, on Saxifraga flower, Bristol, UK, May

Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) in hunting pose on Honesty flowers, Bristol, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with hoverfly prey on Saxifraga flower, Bristol, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) white female with hoverfly prey on white Saxifrage flower, Bristol, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) white female with hoverfly prey on white Saxifrage flower, Bristol, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with hoverfly prey on Saxifraga flower, Bristol, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow female with hoverfly prey, Bristol, UK, April

Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) in hunting pose on Honesty flowers, Bristol, UK April,

Andy Sands / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) waiting for prey on an Oxeye daisy flower, Hertfordshire, England, UK, May - Focus Stacked

Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with hoverfly prey on Saxifraga flower, Bristol, UK. April

Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) in hunting pose on Honesty flowers, April, Bristol, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) male on Saxifraga flower, Bristol, UK. April.

Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with hoverfly prey on Saxifraga flower, Bristol, UK. April

Rod Williams / Male Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) The tiny, rarely seen male Brockley Cemetery,Lewisham, London, England, UK. May 2015 Heavy crop

Guy Edwardes / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia), feeding on bee on oxeye daisy, Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female on Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) waiting for prey to land, legs raised, Wiltshire, England, UK. July.

Bernard Castelein / Crab spider (Misumena vatia), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Bernard Castelein / Crab spider (Misumena vatia), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Nick Upton / Head-on view of a Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) juvenile well camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, feeding on a small fly (Muscidae) it has caught, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae) and a Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis),...

Heather Angel / White flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged against Golden Mexican orange blossom (Choysia ternata 'Sundance') flower. Spider is an ambush predator killing visiting pollinators such...

Robin Chittenden / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower. Cyprus. April.

Rod Williams / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) female on knapweed Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. June..

Bernard Castelein / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia), Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. June

Andres M. Dominguez / White form of Goldenrod crab spider (Misumenia vatia) with Earwig prey, Grazalema, Spain, June.

Rod Williams / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) with Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) prey, New Cross Gate Cutting Nature Reserve, Lewisham August.

Kim Taylor / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) with snipe fly prey. Surrey, England, UK, May.

Bernard Castelein / Goldenrod crabspider (Misumena vatia) with Honeybee prey, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Bernard Castelein / Goldenrod crabspider (Misumena vatia) with Honeybee prey, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.