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Crab spider with prey

Misumena vatia

Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

The goldenrod crab spider is one of the larger crab spiders, so named because it often lives on goldenrod. When living on white flowers, as this one on a shasta daisy, they excrete their yellow pigmentation. The females consume large amounts of fairly large insects in order to get enough protein to lay their eggs

Habitat:

On a shasta daisy

Notes:

I watched her off and on all afternoon, hoping to catch her with prey

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
KarenSaxton
Thank you! This was so much fun to capture!

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International Spider Survey
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Mimetic Animals of the World
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The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
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Hunters & Animal Food Habits
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PublishedJune 18, 2013

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