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flower crab spider

g. Misumena

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Description:

This small, well camouflaged flower crab spider was hunting on a yellow flower in a dry creek bed near Navajo Lake, NM.

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Comments (3)
textless
They do look like tiny aliens... thanks for the nice comments! :)
KristalWatrous
I don't think I've ever looked that closely at a crab spider's face. Thanks!

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PublishedOctober 5, 2011

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