Ambushed

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Description: English: This is a poor mans macro of Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) eating a European Skipper butterfly (Thymelicus lineola). On sunny days male skippers will perch themselves out in the open and strut their stuff for the females in an attempt to mate. This unlucky and unsuspecting skipper happened to land on a camouflaged crab spider posing as a yellow flower and got eaten. Poor guy. I shot this photo with with a Jupiter 37a on a set of m42 extension tubes attached to my Sony Alpha A330. Shutter: 1/250 Aperture: f 7.1 Iso : 100. Date: 12 July 2014. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/68397968@N07/14661017003/. Author: MattysFlicks.