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White Banded Crab Spider

Misumenoides formosipes

Description:

White Banded Crab Spider, the first and biggest I've ever seen of this species and with a Halloween custume.

Habitat:

Shrubs.

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8 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Thank you Leanne and Dixie

Dixie
Dixie 8 years ago

Wow.....nice!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 8 years ago

It's a real beauty Luis.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Now with an ID. It's a White Banded Crab Spider. It is a highly variable White Banded Crab Spider, Misumenoides formosipes, and it is harmless.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Thank you DrNamgyalT.Sherpa

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

At first I took it for a flower! Great spotting!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Thank you sunny josef. I was really excited to see it.

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 8 years ago

Real beauty... Excellent spotting Luis..

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 31, 2015
Submitted on Oct 31, 2015

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