It's a Trap!

Where to begin with this story? The unsuspecting Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) will soon meet the Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on an Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. The Ringlet got away in the end.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's incredible! I love how it shows that despite its exceptional camouflage, it must still not be easy to capture the butterfly. Posted 5 years ago
1. Greg Shchepanek
  
  Lion
  
  I thought for sure the butterfly had met its end...but no he lived another day Posted 5 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

Wow, AWESOME! Posted 5 years ago

The Large heath

"Coenonympha tullia", the large heath or common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It flies in a variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tundra.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Greg Shchepanek