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Crab Spider 1 - Misumenops - female
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Crab Spider 1 - Misumenops - Female
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
May 12, 2006
Size: body length 5.9 mm.
Found on magnolia blossom. We believe this is in the genus misumenops with some reservations. A diagnostic feature, "lateral eyes on each side situated on completely conjoined tubercles", is not clearly evident on any of our images. If possible, confirmation/correction would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 30 August, 2006 - 8:24pm
Last updated 31 August, 2006 - 10:48pm

The posterior lateral eyes
are difficult to see because they are pointing backward, but it certainly looks to us to have a lateral tubercle which contains both the PLE and the ALE. Besides, the easy part is that it's hairy, therefore = Misumenops. Unfortunately, we haven't had a Misumenops expert visit yet, so almost none on BugGuide are ID'd to species, and even those that are have been questioned.
… john and jane balaban, 30 August, 2006 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
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Images have been moved to the genus page. Thanks for your help. It was your fine key to the three Misumens that encouraged us to try our hand at IDs.
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