A crab spider lies in wait on the pointy spikes of a cone flower.
Avoid the sharp ends, right? I hope it’s a glorious Monday out there for everyone; here’s to some brightness attending it.
A Crab Spider on Spikes
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Wow!
And in the backyard, too! :o)
Wow. Looks like a toy. Any idea why the crazy coloring?
On the spider? Part of it is probably from the way the flash reflects off it, and partly from the post-processing. It was actually overexposed and I had to bring it down and some of the white spots could possibly be toned down. (I made a halfhearted attempt but then gave up on that.) It was definitely the brightest thing in the shot; for whatever reason the abdomen seems to be brighter than the rest of the body in these kind of spiders, too.
Does the crab spider actually think it’s camouflaged in with the cone flower? It’s going to starve. :)
I’m going to say no, but they can be sneaky in other ways, like hiding below leaves and whatnot. I’m sure it worked out for the crabby. :o)