Female pink crab spider waiting on heath spotted orchid

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Female pink crab spider (Thomisus onustus) waiting on heath spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata), photographed on Dorset heathland, UK.

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Photo credit: © BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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