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Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
Photo#4576
Copyright © 2004
Tony DiTerlizzi
Flower Crab Spider -
Mecaphesa asperata
Hobe Sound, Florida, USA
July 1, 2004
Shot at
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
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There's a shot (p. 18) of a similar species in "Florida's Fabulous Spiders"
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Contributed by
Tony DiTerlizzi
on 4 July, 2004 - 2:38pm
Last updated 26 February, 2012 - 8:33am
Moved
Moved from
Swift Crab Spider
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Lynette Elliott
, 6 July, 2011 - 8:08pm
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M. asperata
I believe this is a female asperata. The pattern and color are nearly identical to the asperata image in Spiders of the North Woods by Larry Weber (2003), p. 148. I'm finding this same pattern on specimen's I've scoped.
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Joe Lapp
, 6 July, 2011 - 3:07pm
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