Although we call them "crab spiders" in Hawaii, this is actually the spinybacked orbweaver....and it can be a real nuisance this time of year, string hundreds of webs from the eves...

The common insects that we hardly look at, mostly despise and even abhor, however they might become artistic intricate objects

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Crab spiders do not build webs. Some are wandering hunters and the most widely known are ambush predators. Some species sit on or beside flowers or fruit, where they grab visiting insects. — in Brazil. (spotted by Asergio.)

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The Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia), also called the flower crab spider or flower spider because it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays and milkweed plants, is a species of crab spider with a Holarctic distribution.

Flower crab spider. Focus stacked using zerene

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