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Mecaphesa celer
Green legs spotted brown at end with brown abdomen with dark pattern and dark line around head. Known generally as the swift crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae, Celer means swift or fast.
Spotted during a day walk at Inwood Hill park, a large forest park north Manhattan; Its range is quite large, and it is found throughout much of North and Central America.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Thomisidae Genus: Mecaphesa Species: M. celer
Spotted on Oct 4, 2020
Submitted on Oct 11, 2020
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