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Yellow crab spider

Misumena vatia

Description:

approx. 1 inch overall

Habitat:

spotted among leaves of tall weed

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6 Comments

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

I'm not sure, I don't know too much about crab spiders. I do know that their colors can be pretty variable. For example, compare these two pictures: http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/zoology/so... and http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/zoology/so.... Those are the same species.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

@Latimeria, you were right: he was screaming "CRAB SPIDER". Can you tell me, though, do they lose the brown markings as they mature or is that just a variant?

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Thanks for the tip, Latimeria. I hadn't thought of the lynx spider, eventhough I had spotted one in the same area (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/658...), because the abdomen shape is different. But I suppose it's worth another look.

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

That last picture screams crab spider to me. Have you looked at lynx spiders? I know pretty much nothing about lynx spiders right now, but when I've glanced at pictures of them before they seemed similar to crab spiders.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Thank you. Any ideas what it may be? I can't find it exactly as a crab spider and it did a lot of posturing like a jumping spider. So I'm confused.

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Pretty spider.

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Florida, USA

Spotted on Aug 3, 2011
Submitted on Aug 3, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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