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Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Photo by ChrisBanul
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Backyard garden.

Species ID Suggestions

Crab Spider
rubens.luciano
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Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

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Steffi
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Comments (8)
AlexKonig
he has a face on his butt, and a fly in his mouth, such a genius shoot will nobody recreate !! did you see the face !!!
misako
beautiful photo--love the colors!

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Mission
International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 8, 2011

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