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11-JUN-2006 Christine Hanrahan

Goldenrod crab spider with northern crescent butterfly

Crab spiders like to sit on ox-eye daisies where they change colour from yellow to white to blend in. On the right a small nymph of, probably, a plant bug, is checking things out.

Canon PowerShot A85
1/320s f/2.8 at 5.4mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Don06-Jul-2013 10:50
Beauty and the beast, though the beast is rather strikingly marked as well!
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