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Yellow goldenrod crab spider  on a common buttercup with a hoverfly
Little spider catching a fly
The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 175 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of this family are also known as flower spiders or flower crab spiders.
Bumblebee and hoverfly fightin for a flower photographed with a macro  lens
Macro shot of a flowering crab spider Misumena vatia, which can change its color according to the background on the flower that caught the wild bee.
Close-up shot of adult female of the crab spider or flower spider (Misumena vatia) with its prey - fly. Spider catching and feeding on insects
honeybee
Thomisus onustus is a crab spider belonging to the genus Thomisus
poppies
White crab spider on a thistle with it's prey
Hoverlfy on daisy,Eifel,Germany.
White Crab Spider with a Bee that it has just caught.
HoneyBee in a borrage flower. Insect pollination eating pollen upside down
Thomisus sp., crab spiders (family Thomisidae), a spider sits on a plant and lies in wait for its prey, southern Ukraine
Close-up side view of a honey bee mimic  on a purple flower against a black background.
Goldenrod crab spider, Misumena vatia with captured honey bee, Apis mellifera
Wisteria and bee
A top closeup of a white crab spider on a milkweed after rain eating a honey bee, blurred background
Spider hunting fly insect - animal behavior.
Wakabagumo spider preying a black-and white bee on a bright yellow rapeseed flower (Natural+flash light, black background macro close-up photography)
Yellow flower crab spider, Thomisidae family, perfectly matches the color of the California buttercup that it hides on to ambush its prey, in this case a fly. Yellow specks on fly are pollen grains. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA.
Green crab spider preys on Tabanidae insects in the wild, North China
Bee on a strawberry flower  during summer day
Yellow crab spider on a flower with its prey in nature. Macro. Close-up.
A Dunning's miner bee pollinates an ornamental apple blossom in the spring.
The spiders wait patiently on the flowers to which they come to release the nectar the insects like the bees, in that moment they trap and paralyze them with their poison
Shiny little bee covered in yellow pollen foraging in a purple chive flower
Golden Rod Crab Spider with a Flower Fly, Utah.
A small fly was photographed feeding on pollen from a spiderwort at the Cherokee Prairie in Western Arkansas.
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