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Misumena vatia
Crab Spider
(shown with Cephalanthera austiniae)
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0811 2076 (2011-08-18)Copyright © 2011 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Jul 15, 2011
location
Carlon Meadow area. Yosemite National Park (Tuolumne County, California, US)family
Thomisidae
order
Araneae
class Arachnida
notes Frame 3 of 6. Sequence of six photos shows a Crab Spider getting into an ambush position on a Phantom Orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae) flower. The well-camouflaged spider crawled up the stem, climbed into the flower and prepared to ambush flies that landed on the orchid. The elapsed time in this sequence was 1 minute and 40 seconds.camera Canon 40D, 180mm macro, f/8, 1/100 sec.
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Spider
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Crab Spider (photographer)
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