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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Ground Crab Spiders (Xysticus) » Elegant Crab Spider (Xysticus elegans)
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Large Crab Spider-any idea which one? - Xysticus elegans
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Large Crab Spider-any idea which one? - Xysticus elegans
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 29, 2006
Size: 1/2 inch body length
Large and shiny-it's not the best photo-but you can see the markings and things.

I looked through site at the crab spiders but didn't see one just like this-I probably missed it.

I get this particular species every year.
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 30 May, 2006 - 1:14pm
Last updated 21 June, 2006 - 5:25pm

also in pa, have seen this!
This may help id the spider above:


Back in my less than glorious student days, I lived in a large old building in Wilkes Barre, Pa. (Luzerne county). The building was in old grand house converted in apartments, we had steam heat with wall and floor registers. The river was across the street, along with a small park. This was right downtown, with many older buildings nearby. I saw several of these guys in my apartment over the span of a week or so. They were never together, always alone. I moved out by the end of that month due to serious neglect issues in the building.
… lydiaprimich, 10 June, 2009 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

Elegant Crab Spider (Xysticus elegans)
See
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2006 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank-you ^_^
Awesome-I knew someone would know. We usually get only one of these around each summer.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 21 June, 2006 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

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