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Northern Crab Spider

Mecaphesa asperata

Description:

Dorsum of abdomen off-white with two pairs of longitudinal red bands or rows of spots, sometimes with lateral red band anteriad (Dondale & Rednder, 1978b) --- a "capped" V, with the point of the V at the end of the somewhat angular abdomen (Wikipedia, accessed 09-Jan-2011); legs yellowish or off-white, banded distally red or brown; femora spotted.

Habitat:

Spotted on a garden flower.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jellis
Jellis 6 years ago


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1 Comment

Brian38
Brian38 6 years ago

Thank you Jellis.

Brian38
Spotted by
Brian38

Arkansas, USA

Spotted on Oct 23, 2017
Submitted on Nov 11, 2017

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