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Wedelia (with green crab spider)

Sphagneticola trilobata

Photo by joan6153
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Field Notes

Description:

This bright yellow wild flower is about 1.5 inches in diameter. It grows on a bush that stays low to the ground and spreads like a ground cover plant. I found it along a canal bank in western Boca Raton, FL. There is also a green crab spider in the flower.

Habitat:

Along a fresh water canal in western Boca Raton,FL.

Notes:

The bug on the flower is a green crab spider (Misumena vatia)

Species ID Suggestions

green crab spider

Misumena vatia

Wedelia

Sphagneticola trilobata

Comments (1)

Thank you C. Daehler for the ID on the flower and to Ali Hemati Pour for the ID on the spider!
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PublishedMay 18, 2013

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