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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Diaea » Diaea livens
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Green Crab Spider - Diaea livens - male - female
Copyright © 2015 Alice Abela

Green Crab Spider - Diaea livens - Male Female
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
February 6, 2015
Size: ~5mm head+body
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat on coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) at dusk
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 6 February, 2015 - 9:56pm

More detailed "full-size version" of Alice's photo here
The magnificent full-size version of Alice's photo above can be viewed at this link.
… Aaron Schusteff, 7 February, 2020 - 2:01am login or register to post comments

Neat find, Alice! :-)
I'm thinking the female is on the right and the male is on the left...n'est-ce pas?

That's based on assumption that the dark, seemingly more "modified" palps indicate a male...as in your post here (with more detail visible in the full-size version).
… Aaron Schusteff, 7 February, 2020 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

Yet another amazing image!
Outstanding, Alice!
… john and jane balaban, 6 February, 2015 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I think these may be my favorite crab spiders, it was a treat to find a pair. The male, who appeared to be searching for something when initially observed, led me to the female.
… Alice Abela, 6 February, 2015 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

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