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epicadus heterogaster
This spider looks just like the flower on the plant.
Spotted on Aug 14, 2011
Submitted on Aug 14, 2011
14 Comments
Wonderful!!
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/ph...
Epicadus heterogaster
Yes.. my link says its a kind of Crab spider.
@Ashish--the flower mimic spider is a type of crab spider. They are often referred to as flower crab spiders. It's an interesting one though..I've never seen one with this exact shape.
Some info here..
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/js_c...
This is like flower mimic spider.
So, cool. I agree, it looks like a crab spider.
This looks like a creature out of Futurama!
Wow, a Crab Spider with crab's eyes.
Guessing a type of crab spider.
beautiful!
I agree. You should definitely add this to the spider mission. : ) What a neat spotting!
A serious cool spider! That first shot is out of this world! You should add this to the Spider mission. :)