Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

ground crab spider

Xysticus californicus

Description:

a small spider on the path trying to either intimidate or just letting us know not to step on it. hehe

1 Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

3 Comments

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

wow beautiful

antimatterhands
antimatterhands 10 years ago

cool thx martin, looks like its the same here

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 10 years ago

i guess thats a crab-spider - usually you can find males on the ground when they're on their way to find females, i dont know what types you got there overseas but looks very much like a member of brown crab-spiders family (xysticus in europe)

antimatterhands
Spotted by
antimatterhands

Illinois, USA

Spotted on May 31, 2013
Submitted on May 31, 2013

Related Spottings

Crab spider. Araña cangrejo Xysticus sp. Xysticus ulmi Ground crab spider

Nearby Spottings

ants Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle Spotting Greater Yellowlegs
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team