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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Mecaphesa » Swift Crab Spider (Mecaphesa celer)
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Spider - Mecaphesa celer
Copyright © 2009 Michael A. Cruz

Spider - Mecaphesa celer
Piney Point, Manatee County, Florida, USA
December 23, 2009
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Contributed by Michael A. Cruz on 23 December, 2009 - 8:42pm
Last updated 3 August, 2010 - 9:43am

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2010 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 7 January, 2010 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

great picture!
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… Andrew Williams, 31 December, 2009 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps a "Misume-something".
A "Misume-something", I think. Perhaps a Misumenops sp. male?

Also waiting for our southern (and Floridian) "spiderologists" to chime in.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 24 December, 2009 - 2:57am login or register to post comments

Male thomisid...
...but I've never seen one like this before with the candy cane striped chelicerae. I wonder if it could be a Misumessus? I think that Lynette and the Balabans will know more about this genus.
… Mandy Howe, 23 December, 2009 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Misumessus
Used to be part of Misumenops. All the males I've seen have a greenish carapace and there is only one species in that genus. I guess I'd lean toward one of the other Misumenops males.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 December, 2009 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Eating a midge
Prey is probably a Chironomus.
… John F. Carr, 23 December, 2009 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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