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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Ground Crab Spiders (Xysticus)
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Giant crab spider - Xysticus - female
Copyright © 2010 Sean McVey

Giant crab spider - Xysticus - Female
Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
June 5, 2010
Found while weeding. I hate weeding because of all the cool bugs you find (And destroy the homes of).
I found it when I picked up a green caterpillar , and realized that it was limp, because some of the juices had been sucked out. Then I noticed the big girl on the gound below.

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Giant crab spider - Xysticus - female Giant crab spider (foot) - Xysticus - female Giant crab spider (side veiw) - Xysticus - female Giant crab spider (top veiw more detail) - Xysticus - female
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Contributed by Sean McVey on 6 June, 2010 - 5:05pm
Last updated 9 June, 2010 - 3:20pm

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… John Sloan, 9 June, 2010 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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Xysticus
Probably close to
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