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Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Photo by Anthony8
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This flower crab spider caught a bumblebee and was eating it for a long time. When it was done feeding I took this picture of it.

Habitat:

ferns near the edge of a cliff

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Jopy
Maybe, Misumena vatia http://eol.org/pages/1208974/media?page=2&per_page=40&sort_by=status&status%5B%5D=all&type%5B%5D=all
Jopy
it's crab spider, family Thomisidae, that's all I know :)
Anthony8
Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?

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International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedJuly 12, 2013

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