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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Mecaphesa
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Flower spider - Mecaphesa
Copyright © 2009 Nick Richter

Flower spider - Mecaphesa
Caspers Wilderness Park, Orange County, California, USA
April 5, 2009
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Contributed by Nick Richter on 22 April, 2009 - 10:45pm
Last updated 3 August, 2010 - 9:51am

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2010 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 17 May, 2009 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

great photography
I just wanted post my two cents on what a neat image this is. The color is great, and where both predator and prey have their legs spread similarly is visually appealing. It's also good that the background has a bit of color to it, nice exposure. A great shot. Wish it was one of mine! :)
… Andrew Williams, 23 April, 2009 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

We would have suggested
Misumenops based on the eyes we can see.
… john and jane balaban, 23 April, 2009 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

prey is Agapostemon
female
… John S. Ascher, 23 April, 2009 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

Nice!
And after all that work, gathering pollen!
… Ron Hemberger, 22 April, 2009 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Flower spider
It's a pity isn't it? All that work for naught.

I thought this was goldenrod spider Misumena vatia until I was exposed to the diverse array of flower spiders on Arthropods of OC. Now I'm confused, is it Misumena vatia or Misumenops or something else. It seemed a bit large for Misumena.
… Nick Richter, 22 April, 2009 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
She lost her head over that spider.
I'm not at all good with spider IDs, but several people here are. On these spiders, eye pattern is important. Maybe a half dozen of mine haven't been IDed yet. (There were a lot at Nix a few weeks ago. Place was dry - literally - yesterday.)
… Ron Hemberger, 23 April, 2009 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

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