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Description:

Yellow and black seems to have claws?

1 Species ID Suggestions

White banded crab spider
Misumenoides formocipes


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4 Comments

StephanieCobbold
StephanieCobbold 12 years ago

I would suggest Misumenoides formocipes. Females can be yellow to white in color and the dorsum of the abdomen has paired markings that are reddish to black. The legs also have reddish bands.

GregMasteller
GregMasteller 12 years ago

Crab spiders are quite common. The tend to blend into the types of flowers or plants they hang out in. I like the color variation of your's!

Josh Juneau
Josh Juneau 12 years ago

Do you know if these are common or not?

GregMasteller
GregMasteller 12 years ago

Definately a crab spider, but I could not find an exact match :-(

Josh Juneau
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Josh Juneau

Jasper, Texas, USA

Spotted on Sep 11, 2011
Submitted on Sep 12, 2011

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