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yellow crab spider, <1cm
on a plastic garbage can in direct sun
scuttling along edge of garbage can and seeming rest in the sunshine BRADLEY Common Spiders of N America THOMISIDAE Crab Spiders ALTERNATE SUGGESTION: Running Crab Spider Philodromidae
This isn't a crab spider. Notice that right leg 2 is longer than right leg 1. Left legs 1 and 2 are the same length, but only because leg 2 was lost and regrown.