Genus Misumenops - Flower Spiders

Classification · Other Common Names · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moth-eater in the Taj Mahal - Misumenops

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)

Genus Misumenops (Flower Spiders)

Other Common Names

Crab Spider

Identification

Please see Identification notes on Misumena page here

Print References

"Spiders and their Kin: A Golden Nature Guide" (1), pp. 94-95

"National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects & Spiders" (2), pp. 906-907

Internet References

Samford University has an image of M. asperatus

The Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota has info and photos of pinned adults.

Works Cited

1.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky

2.	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders By Lorus and Margery Milne

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 July, 2004 - 11:55pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 2 December, 2005 - 9:26pm

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