Crab Spider Misumena vatia with prey

These are amazing little creatures. They sit and wait on flower heads to ambush their prey, which can be as big as Bumble Bees and large Butterflies. They can change colour over a period of a week or so to match the surrounding vegetation. This is an amazing adaption they have developed in order to be a successful ambush predator. This species is found in North America and Europe where it plays an important economic role controlling so called pest species such as flies and grasshoppers.