Goldenrod Crab spider (Misumena vatia) | Project Noah

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Photo by Sintija Valucka

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Field Notes

Habitat:

It's a female. Found it in the supermarket :D But I took it outside :)

Notes:

"This crab-like spider weaves no web, rather she waits in ambush in flowers. To improve the odds this spider can slowly change colors to help in blend in with its background. Crab spiders can be either yellow or white, and the young spiders change colors much faster than older ones. They also change to white faster than to yellow. "
http://share2.esd105.org/rsandelin/Fieldguide/Animalpages/Insects/Spide…

Reference Links:

Misumena vatia, Spiders of the Pacific Northwest Lowlands

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Sintija Valucka

usually I don't do that :D but this time I had to carry it out of the supermarket, so I had no choice :)

Sorry. I meant in your finger. :))

cute. you let him walk on their toes. I could have done the same with what I found. but I'm a little afraid of the reaction of spiders. :)

Sintija Valucka

yes :))

Ha ha ha :) Its always feels awesome to get hug from cute friends :)

Sintija Valucka

Adarsha, thank you! :) it really was a very cute spider, I even got a hug (2nd photo) ^_^

Very very cutie :)

Sintija Valucka

hahah! :D very, very smart! :)) I hope it wasn't hired to get rid of flies :S :)

FaredinAliyevski

Yes, because it knows that flies go to the food as well, smart spider :)

Sintija Valucka

AryaMansourzadeh, at first I didn't believe it is a spider, so I touched it and it moved :D Thank you! :)

Sintija Valucka

Thank you, suzmonk! :)

Glad you took it! It could have been mistake for frosting! Beautiful spider.

Fab little spider ... nice spotting!

Sintija Valucka

mine, too! :) and, apparently, its, too! :D everyone likes cakes :D

FaredinAliyevski

Hahaha, in my favorite section... :D

Sintija Valucka

I "stole" it :S It was in the cake section, very nice place to search for food :D

FaredinAliyevski

Hahaah, nice shopping :D

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