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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumessus » Misumessus oblongus
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Fiddler crab - subadult male - Misumessus oblongus - male
Copyright © 2012 John R. Maxwell

Fiddler crab - subadult male - Misumessus oblongus - Male
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
August 13, 2012
Size: Maybe around 2.5 mm?
I'm thinking Misumessus oblongus is a close match.

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 18 September, 2012 - 12:13pm
Last updated 2 December, 2012 - 11:47am

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 December, 2012 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. I think you're correct. Let's leave it here for a while to see if Joe Lapp wants to comment.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 September, 2012 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

 
I was raising it
but the other night I went to feed it and it very quickly ran out of the container onto my hand. It ran around to where I couldn't see it, so I rotated my hand and it ran around again. I lost it. I search my hand, arm, shirt, and even wedding ring, but it was gone. It must have dropped down and is hopefully living in my laundry room. Maybe I'll get lucky and find it again as an adult!
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2012 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

 
raising it....
gosh I'd say it's pretty darn close to mature if not mature in the photos above.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 September, 2012 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I thought
it might have been subadult (but I wasn't sure) so I figured I would feed it for a while and maybe get one more molt.
… John R. Maxwell, 20 September, 2012 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

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