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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumenoides » Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes)
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Misumenoides or Misumena? (with Sleepy Orange) - Misumenoides formosipes - female
Copyright © 2011 CircusCyaneus

Misumenoides or Misumena? (with Sleepy Orange) - Misumenoides formosipes - Female
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
September 27, 2011
I think this is a Misumena and not a Misumenoides, but I'm really not sure. I certainly can't see the eyes well enough to even make a guess, and I'm not used to ID'ing arachnids. Can anyone help nail down this ID? Also, does anyone know what the flower is?
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Contributed by CircusCyaneus on 6 October, 2011 - 2:04pm
Last updated 3 December, 2011 - 9:36am

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 3 December, 2011 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

The flowers on spicata are much smaller
We'll see if we can post one to frass.
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2011 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

Hi James!
The flower is one of the Lobelias, probably Lobelia puberula aka Downy lobelia.
… Carmen Champagne, 6 October, 2011 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Carmen!
I think you're probably right, although I read that Palespike Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) can have blue flowers. The reason I wonder about it is that the stalk on the flower in my photo looks hairless, like Palespike, while the photos I find of Downy show small hairs.
… CircusCyaneus, 6 October, 2011 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be
Misumenoides formosipes, female
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2011 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

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