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Female Crab Spider

Back in November, I posted pictures of a male crab spider, today we have some pictures of a female, for contrast. She probably isn’t exactly the same species, but she’s fairly close.

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Elongated Running Crab Spider

I’d like to say right now that, if you want to get pictures of all the bugs in your house, you really can’t beat having a 2-3 year old child helping you find them. Sam found this spider on the rug just a couple of weeks ago (in January)[*], and brought it to me alive and undamaged. It even has all of its legs for once!

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Male Goldenrod Crab Spider

This crab spider was on the kitchen counter on July 5[1], strolling along just as bold as you please.

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It appears to be a male goldenrod crab spider, Misumena vatia.

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