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Crab Spider
Mecaphesa celer
40.8713, -73.9268
Field Notes
Description:
Green legs spotted brown at end with brown abdomen with dark pattern and dark line around head.
Known generally as the swift crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae, Celer means swift or fast.
Habitat:
Spotted during a day walk at Inwood Hill park, a large forest park north Manhattan; Its range is quite large, and it is found throughout much of North and Central America.
Notes:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Mecaphesa
Species: M. celer
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 11, 2020
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