http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/04/05/female-crab-spider/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:49:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/04/05/female-crab-spider/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Tim Eisele Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:04:43 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/04/05/female-crab-spider/#comment-429 You may very well be correct, I have changed the post to include the possibility that it is Xysticus. Thanks! You may very well be correct, I have changed the post to include the possibility that it is Xysticus. Thanks!

]]> http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/04/05/female-crab-spider/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Stephanie C Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:24:24 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/04/05/female-crab-spider/#comment-426 I like your pictures! I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that this female belongs to the genus Xysticus, not Misumenops. Members of Misumenops have their lateral eyes on large tubercles whereas members of Xysticus have lateral eyes on small discrete tubercles, as in your pictures. It also seems to me that Misumenops would have longer legs I and II than the specimen in your pictures. The tan/brown pattern on the abdomen also fits Xysticus. I like your pictures!
I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that this female belongs to the genus Xysticus, not Misumenops. Members of Misumenops have their lateral eyes on large tubercles whereas members of Xysticus have lateral eyes on small discrete tubercles, as in your pictures. It also seems to me that Misumenops would have longer legs I and II than the specimen in your pictures. The tan/brown pattern on the abdomen also fits Xysticus.

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