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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumenoides » Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes)
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Whitebanded Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes - male
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Whitebanded Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes - Male
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
August 18, 2004
is this crab spider a Misumenops sp.? the other crab spiders on this site were heavier bodied, only the Misumenops looked close.
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Contributed by tom murray on 14 March, 2005 - 7:01pm
Last updated 17 July, 2022 - 8:02pm

Googled
I googled for a LONG time and finally came up with this site....I didn't even know these were males! see http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/spiders/0038.jpg&imgrefurl=http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/spiders/Misumenoides%2520formocipes.htm&h=295&w=400&sz=60&tbnid=vTYfkRj6a8AJ:&tbnh=88&tbnw=119&start=5&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMisumenoides%2Bformocipes%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26sa%3DG
… Lynette Elliott, 14 March, 2005 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
male crab spider
Nice work finding the images on google. It certainly looks similar to the male, but this one didn't seem to be as nearly small as the one on the female's back.
… tom murray, 14 March, 2005 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
my spider was also smaller than the female crab spiders I've seen, but not as small as the one in the image. Do you think the one in the image could be a juvenile?
… Lynette Elliott, 14 March, 2005 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

males
The males with their smaller bodies and long legs look very different because of the body to leg size ratio. We don't recognize this one, but it could be Misumenoides
… john and jane balaban, 14 March, 2005 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

same as...
? I don't know what mine is either.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 March, 2005 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

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