Whitebanded crab spider
Misumenoides formosipes
Description:
5 mm body white crab spider
Habitat:
Semi rural wildlife habitat
Notes:
On Monarda (beebalm) in our butterfly garden
Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Spotted on Sep 11, 2012
Submitted on Sep 12, 2012
30 Comments (1–25)
Thank you vengefulronin!
Beautiful shots!
Thank you Augustin! This was quite a large crab spider but I did have my trusty macro converter!
Thank you too kunzah!
I've seen this in my yard before. Very nice.
Of course it had to be a picture of KarenL!
Fantastic spotting Karen, seen a lot of these lately, too bad my macro can't cope.
The eyes of the spiders just fascinate me, and these are very cool.
Thank you for your kind comments manuel, fede, fati & vale!
Thanks nexttogone!
It's directing traffic. ") Awesome series.
Thanks sofiar!
Yes Dez, she is was definitely ready for action!
Love pic 5 - like it is getting ready to fly!
Thank you Ismael!
Fantastic series Karen
Thanks Patty!
Very interesting spider Karen and nice series.
I've added a couple more photos of this spider taken this morning. It's overcast today so you can see more detail on the photos.
Thanks Sumukha! She is still there so I've taken a few more pics in less intense light. I'll add them shortly.
Superb Spot Karen..!
Thank you Arvin!
wow! beautiful :)
Thanks Anoop!
Beautiful Spider.
Thank you Alice, Carol & Cindy!
Nice series!
What a beauty!