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Northern Crab Spider

Mecaphesa asperata

Photo by SusanEllison
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Species Mecaphesa asperata - Northern Crab Spider - BugGuide.Net

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Northern crab spider

Mecaphesa asperata

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KarenL
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SpiderJoe
I think this is more likely M. dubia, because of the multi-tone abdomen. M. asperata more commonly has the wide longitudinal bands on the carapace, but I did find one M. dubia that did as well: http://bugguide.net/node/view/525808/bgimage BTW, I'm the go-to guy for the flower Thomisids on BugGuide -- they rely on my findings to make their determinations.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2012

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