Comments on: Male Goldenrod Crab Spider http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/11/24/male-goldenrod-crab-spider/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/11/24/male-goldenrod-crab-spider/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Tim Eisele Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:30:08 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/11/24/male-goldenrod-crab-spider/#comment-257 I understand that there are a bunch of different species of crab spiders that hang out in flowers, so I expect that the pink ones are not the same species as the yellow ones (although they are probably closely related). I haven't seen any of the pink ones yet, but that's probably because I haven't seriously looked at a lot of the appropriate-colored blossoms. I understand that there are a bunch of different species of crab spiders that hang out in flowers, so I expect that the pink ones are not the same species as the yellow ones (although they are probably closely related). I haven’t seen any of the pink ones yet, but that’s probably because I haven’t seriously looked at a lot of the appropriate-colored blossoms.

]]> By: mark_h_charles http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/11/24/male-goldenrod-crab-spider/comment-page-1/#comment-251 mark_h_charles Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:58:22 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/11/24/male-goldenrod-crab-spider/#comment-251 Dr. Mark Hunter, a milkweed expert at the Univ of Michigan, recently told me there are pink-ish crab spiders. (The topic came up when I showed him a photo of a pompilid wasp on a swamp milkweed - he said the wasp was there to prey on the crab spiders.) Are these a separate species? What color changes can they manage? (Milkweed blossoms come in a spectrum from very light pink to magenta.) Dr. Mark Hunter, a milkweed expert at the Univ of Michigan, recently told me there are pink-ish crab spiders. (The topic came up when I showed him a photo of a pompilid wasp on a swamp milkweed – he said the wasp was there to prey on the crab spiders.)

Are these a separate species? What color changes can they manage? (Milkweed blossoms come in a spectrum from very light pink to magenta.)

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