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Goldenrod Crab Spider

Original - The Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) has the capacity of changing color by secreting a liquid yellow pigment into the outer cell layer of the body. In this picture a female shares its ambush flower with velvet mites

Reason

High quality and detailed depiction of the species, clearly showing the camouflage capacity. The mites walking over the motionless spider add a grain of salt to the picture and emphasize the theme.

Articles this image appears in

Misumena vatia, Animal colouration

Creator

Joaquim Alves Gaspar

• Support as nominator --Alvesgaspar (talk) 10:37, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support Intothewoods29 (talk) 16:31, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
• weak support A nice picture that shows nymphs, but the dandelion seed killed it and the photo could use some brightening.
  unsigned entry by ZooFari 02:45, 13 September 2008
• Oppose Flat lighting and poorly composed - mites and dandelion seed distract from the spider --Abdominator (talk) 04:14, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

No consensus (bzzzzt!) MER-C 11:10, 25 September 2008 (UTC)