Cheeky face for ID

[valdf]

I know nothing at all about spiders (yet!) but would love to put a name to this funny-looking chap:



Thanks,
Val

[htcdude]

Lol I have no idea what it is sorry, but when you turn your head sideways it looks like there's a frog on his head

Nige

[valdf]

Hmm . . . a frog with a spiky hairdo

[nikolai_avenger]

Great photo..

With those eyes I would say Misumena vatia, especially lurking in a flowerhead.

Cheers. Nik.

[valdf]

Oh yes, silly me - I have other recent photos of Misumena vatia, like these:



but hadn't made the connection.

Thanks Nik!

Val

[faz]

Crab spiders are able to change their body colour to match their background. It can take a few days, but they can appear white, yellow or green. They sometimes have two faint red lines running along the abdomen, but these are not always visible. The male is much smaller than the female.

The crab spider sits on flowers waiting for insects to land close by, and then pounces on them - trapping them between their crab-like front legs.

[Pepsis]

Not Misumena vatia, but the more ground loving Xysticus sp.