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Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - male

Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - Male
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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Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - male Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata

Moved
Moved from Mecaphesa.

Mecaphesa asperata
Well, it is one of the color forms of Mecaphesa asperata.

 
Thanks,
Joe, I appreciate that ID confirmation.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

juvenile male Mecaphesa
you can browse through the species here.

 
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?

 
Enlarged palps makes it male,
but the palps do not have the defined parts of a mature male.

 
Thank you
Thank you, Lynette, for that info.

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