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Crab Spider - Misumena vatia - male

Crab Spider - Misumena vatia - Male
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
June 25, 2008
Is this a male Misumena vatia?
Would appreciate help with ID.

Yes, good detective work
and nice find!

 
Crab Spider
Thanks John and Jane, I did not realize that the sexes were so different in spiders.
Naomi

 
Yes, check out
to see just how different in this species!

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