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  1. @alexwild The impressive flower #crabspider #Misumena #vatia is a master of visual #camouflage (#mimesis) suited to its preferred #habitats on #blossoms, particularly those of the #Asteraceae and #Apiaceae. This fascinating #species is distributed across the Holarctic and is common in #CentralEurope.
    © Text: Stefan F. Wirth, June 2026

    Photo
    Author: Luc Viatour, 2007, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/b

  2. @alexwild The impressive flower #crabspider #Misumena #vatia is a master of visual #camouflage (#mimesis) suited to its preferred #habitats on #blossoms, particularly those of the #Asteraceae and #Apiaceae. This fascinating #species is distributed across the Holarctic and is common in #CentralEurope.
    © Text: Stefan F. Wirth, June 2026

    Photo
    Author: Luc Viatour, 2007, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/b

  3. Well today was another school day for me. My daughter asked me to check out this 'ant' carrying a spider. It appears that this is a #dipogon #wasp carrying a #crabspider Until today I had never really considered spider wasps in the UK, only being aware of the classic tarantula hawk wasp that appears on nature documentaries (and has a special mention on the Schmidt sting pain index). This is of a different scale at around 10mm but what a joy to see in the back garden!

  4. The #crabspider #Ebrechtella #tricuspidata has a #palearctic native range and is widely distributed, but in Europe appears more often in the East and South. In Germany it is considered not very abundant, but common. It prefers warmth exposed moist areas. H. Guo et al. (2025) found that #femalechoice is focused on the #malesize only, while #male'choice (when #mating experienced) is towards #virginfemales.

    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref

    doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae059

    #Photos
    © S F. Wirth

  5. The #crabspider #Ebrechtella #tricuspidata has a #palearctic native range and is widely distributed, but in Europe appears more often in the East and South. In Germany it is considered not very abundant, but common. It prefers warmth exposed moist areas. H. Guo et al. (2025) found that #femalechoice is focused on the #malesize only, while #male'choice (when #mating experienced) is towards #virginfemales.

    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref

    doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae059

    #Photos
    © S F. Wirth

  6. Bumblebee.
    Spider.
    Nature.

    A hard watch when you’re The Bee Guy though.

    Anytime you want Spider-Man.
    Any time.
    Any place.
    🐝🕷️😔

    #TeamBee
    #bumblebee #spider #nature #biodiversity
    #crabspider #spiderman

  7. Bumblebee.
    Spider.
    Nature.

    A hard watch when you’re The Bee Guy though.

    Anytime you want Spider-Man.
    Any time.
    Any place.
    🐝🕷️😔

    #TeamBee
    #bumblebee #spider #nature #biodiversity
    #crabspider #spiderman

  8. A crab spider hides in a thistle bloom, waiting to ambush. Blink and you’d miss it — macro photography makes the small stories big.

    #Photography #MacroPhotography #CrabSpider #ThistleBloom #ScottKissPhoto

  9. A crab spider hides in a thistle bloom, waiting to ambush. Blink and you’d miss it — macro photography makes the small stories big.

    #Photography #MacroPhotography #CrabSpider #ThistleBloom #ScottKissPhoto