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Crab Spider

Mecaphesa sp

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Field Notes

Description:

Juvenile white spider with black eyes, pink around eyes, stripes on legs and pattern on abdomen and gray stripes on cephalothorax.

Habitat:

On a Creeping Lantana leaf in backyard.

Notes:

BugGuide wasn't able to narrow it down to the species: http://bugguide.net/node/view/577880

Reference Links:

Genus Mecaphesa - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thanks textless! I was very excited to find this. It's my first crab spider :)
textless
Beautiful photos... I love crab spiders.

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Southern California Wildlife

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PublishedSeptember 18, 2011

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