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Northern crab spider

Mecaphesa asperata

Photo by Saturniidae27
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

It was hiding in a zinnia flower waiting for it's breakfast to appear on it's plate (the flower).This species likes to blend in with it's enviroment, so it can catch it's pray in ease.

Habitat:

Garden, on zinnia plant

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Comments (2)
Saturniidae27
You are totally right Mark. Later that day it caught a gulf fritillary:)

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