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Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes
Copyright © 2003 Lynette Schimming

Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
October 22, 2003
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 29 January, 2005 - 4:02pm
Last updated 27 November, 2007 - 1:29pm

Emaciated crab spider
This poor girl looks like she could use a meal. Spiders have a very elastic abdominal cuticle that can expand greatly to accomodate a large meal, or developing eggs. The shape of the abdomen in this specimen is distorted by lack of food. Perhaps she molted recently, which takes a huge amount of energy.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 January, 2005 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

two-toned
This looks kind of like the two-toned crab spider.
… Lynette Schimming, 29 January, 2005 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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