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Flower Crab Spider (w/prey)

Thomisus citrinellus

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

"The flower crab spiders are the species for which the popular name was coined, because of their crab-like motion and their way of holding their front legs in an attitude reminiscent of a crab spreading its claws as a threat." ~wiki

Habitat:

spotted on the caper bush in my desert garden

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PublishedApril 9, 2016

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