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Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Crab Spider (Misumena vatia). Individuals of this species have the ability to alter their color to match their background, and vary from white to yellow to yellow-green.
Photo from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), an international organization that is working to make the world's biodiversity data accessible anywhere in the world. For more information, visit the GBIF Web site. [Photo taken in central Poland, July 13, 2004.]
Credit: ©GBIF, photo by Per de Place Bjorn
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