Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Spider and mites May 2008-1.jpg

 
Original - The Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) has the capacity of changing color by secreting a liquid yellow pigment into the outer cell layer of the body. In this picture a female shares its ambush flower with velvet mites
Reason
High quality and detailed depiction of the species, clearly showing the camouflage capacity. The mites walking over the motionless spider add a grain of salt to the picture and emphasize the theme.
Articles this image appears in
Misumena vatia, Animal colouration
Creator
Joaquim Alves Gaspar

No consensus (bzzzzt!) MER-C 11:10, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]