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Field Notes

Description:

I know this is a crab spider, but I don't know which species.
She is eating a buckeye butterfly.

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Comments (1)
bayucca
Always tricky to ID, since they change often their color depening on the flower there are sitting... It might be Misumena vatia. Please, check yourself as well... http://bugguide.net/node/view/779062/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/5621 And here the whole bulk: http://bugguide.net/node/view/6751/bgimage?from=48

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PublishedOctober 17, 2016

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