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Flower Crab Spider

Misumena sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

White spider with large, bulbous abdomen. She was eating a fly when I first spotted her (second image) but she dropped it when she saw me :(

Habitat:

Ceanothus flowers in chaparral

Reference Links:

Genus Misumena - Flower Crab Spiders - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Machi
Nice photos! I recommend this mission also: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8016872

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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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The Bug Chicks Sofa Safari
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Living Wild in the Chaparral

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PublishedMarch 21, 2014

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