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Crab spider with nest 3 - Misumena vatia
Copyright © 2008 Geoff Ball

Crab spider with nest 3 - Misumena vatia
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 29, 2007
This leaf she has spun her web around folding it up, this would be the place where she'd lay her eggs right?
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Contributed by Geoff Ball on 23 August, 2008 - 9:31am
Last updated 28 August, 2008 - 12:26am

Misumena Vatia
I think this is Misumena vatia again.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 August, 2008 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
interesting spiders :)
… Geoff Ball, 23 August, 2008 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

 
The spider is very common,
but I don't remember seeing an egg sac like that before, so that's interesting.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 August, 2008 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

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