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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes  » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Flower Crab Spiders (Misumena) » Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
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Flower Spider - Misumena vatia - female
Copyright © 2004 Tom Adams

Flower Spider - Misumena vatia - Female
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
August 6, 2004
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Contributed by Tom Adams on 7 August, 2004 - 9:04pm

Yeah, the females of this spe
Yeah, the females of this species actually possess an almost chameleon like ability of changing color. They're often found in fields of marigolds and can change from yellow to white. This is a species on the whiter side, because of the faintness, I'd have to say that she's probably starting to secrete all of her yellow pigment when this was taken. It'll take her nearly a month to go back to yellow if she finds herself some marigolds. Its venom really isn't anything to worry about... unless you're a small insect.
… kumonosu, 11 September, 2011 - 3:50am login or register to post comments

i think its classified as fam
thomisidae, the crab spider..
beautiful as usual..
… muhammad nuim barry, 17 December, 2010 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
think its classified as fam
think its classified as fam
thomisidae, the crab spider..
beautiful as usual..STUPID COMMEN
… muhammad nuim barry, 17 December, 2010 - 10:13am reply to this comment



Mcafees Knob
I seen one of these in virgina on Mcafees knob
… Joshua Blanchard, 8 November, 2010 - 2:04am reply to this comment



Cool!!!
Wow It Looks Beautiful
… Henry Salas, 21 September, 2008 - 10:29pm reply to this comment



Misumena vatia
Very, very beautiful! Remarkable colors! I'm in love =]
… Cassandra Joy, 28 February, 2008 - 1:19pm reply to this comment



Pretty
That's a really good looking spider and nice photo of it too! :)
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 4 July, 2006 - 2:44pm reply to this comment


?
that thing looks poisonous
or radioactive.
looks like it drinks neon water?
… geoponzoni, 27 September, 2007 - 5:51pm reply to this comment


beatiful ha??
i think its classified as fam
thomisidae, the crab spider..
beautiful as usual..
… muhammad nuim barry, 17 December, 2010 - 10:13am reply to this comment


Mcafees Knob
I seen one of these in virgina on Mcafees knob
… Joshua Blanchard, 8 November, 2010 - 2:04am reply to this comment


Cool!!!
Wow It Looks Beautiful
… Henry Salas, 21 September, 2008 - 10:29pm reply to this comment


Misumena vatia
Very, very beautiful! Remarkable colors! I'm in love =]
… Cassandra Joy, 28 February, 2008 - 1:19pm reply to this comment


Pretty
That's a really good looking spider and nice photo of it too! :)
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 4 July, 2006 - 2:44pm reply to this comment


?
that thing looks poisonous
or radioactive.
looks like it drinks neon water?
… geoponzoni, 27 September, 2007 - 5:51pm reply to this comment
… Grace lim woon hui, 29 January, 2011 - 12:36am edit your comment · reply to this comment
… Grace lim woon hui, 29 April, 2011 - 3:21am login or register to post comments

Mcafees Knob
I seen one of these in virgina on Mcafees knob
… Joshua Blanchard, 8 November, 2010 - 2:04am login or register to post comments

Cool!!!
Wow It Looks Beautiful
… Henry Salas, 21 September, 2008 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

Misumena vatia
Very, very beautiful! Remarkable colors! I'm in love =]
… Cassandra Joy, 28 February, 2008 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

Pretty
That's a really good looking spider and nice photo of it too! :)
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 4 July, 2006 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

 
?
that thing looks poisonous
or radioactive.
looks like it drinks neon water?
… geoponzoni, 27 September, 2007 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
beatiful ha??
i think its classified as fam
thomisidae, the crab spider..
beautiful as usual..
… muhammad nuim barry, 17 December, 2010 - 10:13am reply to this comment


Mcafees Knob
I seen one of these in virgina on Mcafees knob
… Joshua Blanchard, 8 November, 2010 - 2:04am reply to this comment


Cool!!!
Wow It Looks Beautiful
… Henry Salas, 21 September, 2008 - 10:29pm reply to this comment


Misumena vatia
Very, very beautiful! Remarkable colors! I'm in love =]
… Cassandra Joy, 28 February, 2008 - 1:19pm reply to this comment


Pretty
That's a really good looking spider and nice photo of it too! :)
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 4 July, 2006 - 2:44pm reply to this comment


?
that thing looks poisonous
or radioactive.
looks like it drinks neon water?
… geoponzoni, 27 September, 2007 - 5:51pm reply to this comment
… Grace lim woon hui, 29 January, 2011 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

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