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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Flower Crab Spiders (Misumena)
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Northern Crab Spider? - Misumena
Copyright © 2009 Chris Saetti

Northern Crab Spider? - Misumena
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
August 13, 2009
Is this the Northern Crab Spider or something else?
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Contributed by Chris Saetti on 13 August, 2009 - 8:51am
Last updated 23 August, 2009 - 7:28pm

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… Kevin Hall, 23 August, 2009 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

answer
this is a flower spider I believe
… lunarblue, 14 August, 2009 - 5:11am login or register to post comments

We don't know the many English names,
but yes this is a crab spider, and in the genus Misumena.
… john and jane balaban, 13 August, 2009 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

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