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Pink Crab Spider

Thomisus onustus

Photo by JosephBullock
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Field Notes

Description:

Red and yellow striped spider. It was hiding behind the flower petal. The size is about 1.5 cm. I think it is a crab spider because of the stance. A new color combination for me here though.

Habitat:

Small plants in our meadows. Partially shaded areas.

Notes:

It didn't try and hide, except stay behind the flower petal where it already was.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (17)
JosephBullock
Thanks! Emma. Sometimes the occasional peak behind a flower yields surprising results:)
HemaShah
Amazing colors ! Great spotting!
p.young713
Pretty photo! Yes, cut the address out of the search engine bar, while on that picture then paste your link into your comments and the link should work after pressing the post comment bar similar to links on the web! You could always cut and paste it into a word document and then cut and paste it into your comments for your link.It would be a left click for copying it.If having problems look up, how to or you can always Google it!
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
I think you just have to copy the address (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/XXXXXX here is usually the number) and paste it into the commentbox
JosephBullock
Thanks! I try to find the unusual around here and the normal. Sometimes they are the same thing:)
JosephBullock
I actually have a Project Noah picture of a white crab spider that was hiding in a small white flower and grabbed a visiting insect the flower. I'm still trying to figure out how to get the Project Noah number to transfer to the comment box.
JosephBullock
I moved it over to the first photo place. Thanks for the other spottings to refer to! We're getting enough photo's on Project Noah to make it a self reference it seems. monkey-mind and nana-puppet.
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
they have an amazing speed, you are right, but for the Eyes of a bee - they seem to look quite camouflaged. look here - they do not blend in so well either: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6366878, or here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6712253
JosephBullock
It reminds me of the Barber Poles outside barber shops or a candy cane. I'm not sure what it blends in to around here or it must have lightning speed:) AshishNimkar.
Ashish
Joseph your spider is very spectacular...great colours...!!
JosephBullock
You're right! Amazing! Thanks for doing your IDing so well!
JosephBullock
Thank You! monkey-mind and nana-puppet. It does look like a variation of the pink. That may be as close as we can get.

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PublishedJuly 11, 2011

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