On a spring morning walk, I stop to smell a painted trillium and am greeted by a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia).

On a spring morning walk, I stop to smell a painted trillium and am greeted by a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia). Bending down for a sniff of the white and pink blooms, I am face to face with ...

TAXONOMY AND NOMENCLATURE. Redescription of Misumenoides athleticus comb. nov. (Araneae: Thomisidae), wrongly assigned to the philodromid genus Petrichus. Renato Augusto Teixeira I; Arno Antonio Lise ...

Before we go any further, we need to clear something up. The name "yellow crab spider" is a bit misleading. It's an everyday name that could refer to any one of the many brown, green, pink, white, ...

Known as Misumena vatia, or the goldenrod crab spider, this species of arachnid makes its home across the Northern Hemisphere, a vast range that includes Ontario.

This one – Misumena vatia – can change its colour, varying from white to yellow and occasionally even green to match that of the flower head, where it sits waiting to ambush visiting insects.

Abstract. Lymeon Förster, 1869 is a very large genus of the Cryptinae (Ichneumonidae) with predominantly Neotropical distribution where females attack small cocoons of various groups of insects and ...

A bright yellow spider capable of changing its hue has been captured on camera in the UK, sending shivers down the spines of Britons nationwide. The eerie image of the colour-shifting critter was ...

From urban scavengers to dramatic standoffs to microscopic molds, the winning images of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 exhibit the beauty, spectacle, and fragile balance of the isles’ ...