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The crab spiders hold their legs outstretched to the sides just like crabs and can move forward, backward or sideways. The front legs are also angled in a similar fashion to crabs. These spiders do not spin webs, but rather wait on flowers and foliage to attack their prey. Crab spiders are also usually well-camouflaged, often blending into the flower they are sitting on. They are generally yellow or tan in color, or are white with black dots on their stomachs.
A Crab Spider waiting for its prey.
Spotted on Nov 3, 2011
Submitted on Nov 3, 2011
5 Comments
Lovely catch.
moralcoral thanks
about the spotting you told i cant really comment on it as the picture is really hazy, but as JamieDorton said he did not see ant tail i would go with the spider id .
Nice spot, what do you think of this spotting? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/762...
I thought it is a crab when I saw the thumbnail. It's an interesting spider.
new pic uploaded