A Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) waits patiently for an insect or bee to come to the flower to gather some pollen on a wild rose flower in Elk Island National Park near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
6 July, 2010.
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A Crab Spider welcomes its prey with "open arms" on a wild aster in the aspen parkland region north of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
30 July, 2013.
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In Explore October 9, 2021.
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A Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) lies in wait for an unsuspecting prey to land on the flower. This was observed in the mixed woods on a sandy road near Clyde, Alberta, Canada.
3 August, 2010.
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