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Running Crab Spider

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Description:

yellow crab spider, <1cm

Habitat:

on a plastic garbage can in direct sun

Notes:

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

1 Species ID Suggestions

SpiderJoe
SpiderJoe 9 years ago
Running Crab Spider
Philodromidae


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1 Comment

SpiderJoe
SpiderJoe 9 years ago

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.

Ingrid3
Spotted by
Ingrid3

Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Jul 17, 2013
Submitted on Sep 20, 2013

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