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Crab Spider  - Misumessus oblongus - female

Crab Spider - Misumessus oblongus - Female
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
July 23, 2011
Size: 5 mm

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Crab Spider  - Misumessus oblongus - female Crab Spider  - Misumessus oblongus - female

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Misumessus oblongus
I'd say this is Misumessus oblongus because the posterior abdomen is strongly diamond shaped (vs. rounded in Misumena) and doesn't protrude over the cephalothorax much (as it does in Misumena), despite being somewhat large.

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

The anterior eyes all look about the same size
so we would say Misumena vatia

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