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Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
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Copyright © 2011
Nancy Kent
Northern Crab Spider -
Mecaphesa asperata
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Radford, Virginia, USA
March 19, 2011
I think that this is a crab spider. I'd like a specific ID, please. It is on Lonicera maackii.
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Contributed by
Nancy Kent
on 19 March, 2011 - 4:40pm
Last updated 25 July, 2013 - 1:02am
Moved
Moved from
Mecaphesa
.
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john and jane balaban
, 11 February, 2012 - 7:01pm
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Mecaphesa asperata
Well, it is one of the color forms of Mecaphesa asperata.
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Joe Lapp
, 11 February, 2012 - 6:38pm
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Thanks,
Joe, I appreciate that ID confirmation.
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Nancy Kent
, 11 February, 2012 - 9:17pm
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Moved
Moved from
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Lynette Elliott
, 20 March, 2011 - 11:43am
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juvenile male Mecaphesa
you can browse through the species
here
.
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Lynette Elliott
, 19 March, 2011 - 7:04pm
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Thanks
Thanks, Lynette, for the link. I think that mine looks most similar to M.asperata. How did you recognize that it is an immature male, please?
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Nancy Kent
, 19 March, 2011 - 7:51pm
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Enlarged palps makes it male,
but the palps do not have the defined parts of a mature male.
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Lynette Elliott
, 20 March, 2011 - 1:03am
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Thank you
Thank you, Lynette, for that info.
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Nancy Kent
, 20 March, 2011 - 12:45pm
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