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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Mecaphesa » Mecaphesa schlingeri
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Crab spider - Mecaphesa schlingeri - female
Copyright © 2009 Debbi Brusco

Crab spider - Mecaphesa schlingeri - Female
Mt. Burdell OSP, Marin County, California, USA
August 30, 2009
Size: BL around 12-15mm
This is the only photo I could get. On a tarweed plant near the lynx spider also posted.
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Contributed by Debbi Brusco on 31 August, 2009 - 7:23pm
Last updated 4 August, 2010 - 12:16pm

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders. Hi Debbi! :) The Balabans re-found your photo and I think we all believe it's a pretty good match to this species. The geographic location and habitat fit well and this one seems to be pretty distinctively marked. See what you think. More info. on this species in Shick's Crab Spiders of California (a big but free download - link on BG).
… Ken Schneider, 4 August, 2010 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Great job
on keying yours out Ken. Another great addition to the guide!
… Lynette Elliott, 5 August, 2010 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Lynette -
I'm on a mission to add more of our CA crab spider fauna to BG. :) Unfortunately, many seem to be endemic to California, so I'm not sure how helpful it will be for most contributors.
… Ken Schneider, 5 August, 2010 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 October, 2009 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 19 September, 2009 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

What a beauty!
If you return to this place could you try to coax it out for some more images? We wonder if this might be our first Thomisus, but can't see the eyes well enough. Great find. Look forward to more images.
… john and jane balaban, 31 August, 2009 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
CA Spider List
is working again.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 August, 2009 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Misumenoides formosipes?
That would be my first guess... however, it has slightly different markings that the others in the guide.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 August, 2009 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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