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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Flower Crab Spiders (Misumena) » Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
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Misumena vatia with prey - Misumena vatia - female
Copyright © 2005 Kildale

Misumena vatia with prey - Misumena vatia - Female
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
May 18, 2005
I think this is a Misumena vatia, can anyone ID the prey?
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Contributed by Kildale on 21 May, 2005 - 5:18pm
Last updated 15 June, 2007 - 6:28pm

Wish we could see the face better
There does seem to be kind of a ridge there, but everything else says Misumena, the eyes, the carapace pattern, as well as the abdomen pattern. Plus it doesn't seem that Misumenoides is found that far northwest. Seems to us that Misumena is still the right choice for this one
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2021 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Andrena?
Prey looks like male Andrena.
… Adalbert Goertz, 25 September, 2005 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
subgenus Andrena male
I think
… John S. Ascher, 17 October, 2014 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Prey ID
Thanks again Adalbert for your post. Its appreciated.
… Kildale, 1 October, 2005 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

 
I think this may be Misumenoides formocipes
- the white ridge across below the eyes differentiates this from Misumena. See guide.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 29 October, 2005 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Crab spider ID
I'm not an official volunteer. I agree that it is Misumenoides formosipes. There is a red band inder the eyes.
… Carrie Latour, 10 August, 2021 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

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