There's a crab spider lurking in the cluster of flowers pictured above. Crab spiders pretend to be part of a flower, and when an unsuspecting insect arrives to sample the flower's nectar, he'll pounce on it and have it for lunch. If you've spotted him (or given up trying), click the "Continue reading" link to see him plainly.
He's turned his body sideways so he can hold a couple of his legs straight up. He 's trying to pretend that his legs are stem-like structures. Now that I've Read more ➜ Can you spot the crab spider?
There's a crab spider lurking in the cluster of flowers pictured above. Crab spiders pretend to be part of a flower, and when an unsuspecting insect arrives to sample the flower's nectar, he'll pounce on it and have it for lunch. If you've spotted him (or given up trying), click the "Continue reading" link to see him plainly.
He's turned his body sideways so he can hold a couple of his legs straight up. He 's trying to pretend that his legs are stem-like structures. Now that I've Read more ➜ 
Since my last post on an Ambush Predator in a Flower, I've started keeping an eye out for crab spiders when doing macro shots of wildflowers. Yesterday I not only photographed two more crab spiders, but I've captured the moment immediately after the spider has seized its prey.
The bottom photo is a little harder to make out, so let me describe what's going in that one. The crab spider is to the left of the flower's center. The small insect the spider is eating is identical to the one 
Yesterday I was exploring Knox Woods State Nature Preserve when I encountered the little creature pictured above. To be honest, I didn't even know I had encountered him at first. I was on my way out of the woods because the sun was setting. On a whim I casually took a quick photo of a trillium just because it was adjacent to the trail. I hadn't been looking at any of my shots after taking them since I was trying to conserve my battery power, but on another whim I looked at this one anyway.
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