Lorraine Bennery / Crab spider (Heriaeus hirtus) eating Leaf hopper (Cicadella sp.), Prealpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Crab spider (Heriaeus hirtus) resting on Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), Provence, France, May.

Pascal Pittorino / Crab spider (Heriaeus hirtus) resting on Common hedge parsley (Torilis arvensis) plant in garden, Var, Provence, France, June

Stephen Dalton / Green Hairy Crab spider (Heriaeus hirtus) Corfu, Greece, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cactus spider (Heriaeus hirtus), a distinctive species of crab spider with bristle hairs, resting on flower head, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cactus spider (Heriaeus hirtus) resting on leaf, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cactus spider (Heriaeus hirtus) eating ant as kill on leaf, Umbria, Italy. May.

Robert Pickett / Camouflaged Crab Spider (Heriaeus hirtus) with White Butterfly (Pieris) prey, Provence, France