White Crab Spider

[Arun Acharjee]

My first encounter with this crab species occur when I suddenly found an inanimate butterfly on Lantana camara. I got close and touch the butterfly and received no response. Perhaps it was a Common Emigrant. I caught the wings and made a soft pull when I noticed it was sticking to the flower as if someone made a glue trap. Suddenly I noticed that there was something wrong and found the crab. This incident was of some years back and I have no pictorial evidence of that. But I experienced such wonderful crab- making great camouflage, particularly, under a flower with an addition of having the ability to change their colors too.
The flower species, Lantana camara, a major invasive alien plant, attracts a huge number of butterfly species to suck the nectar and, therefore, is a heaven of such predators.

EXIF Info:

Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Nikon 40mm macro
Aperture: f/16
ISO:400
Shutter Speed: 1/320s

Handheld, Edited, Cropped, No flash.

Thank you.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Good behavior captured. Liked the way it is waiting for a prey. Good details. Thanks for sharing.