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Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Description:

Bright yellow spider hiding in my day lilies.

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Flower Crab Spider
Misumena vatia Flower crab spider


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6 Comments

Captain Nature
Captain Nature 11 years ago

Nice spotting!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Really cool spider!

TeraDoty-Blance
TeraDoty-Blance 11 years ago

Thank you!

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

Nice catch

DavidMroczkowski
DavidMroczkowski 11 years ago

They can change color from white to yellow to match the flowers where they ambush flies, bees and other pollinators.

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Beautiful!

TeraDoty-Blance
Spotted by
TeraDoty-Blance

New York, USA

Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012

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