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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumessus » Misumessus lappi
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Green Beauty - dorsal - Misumessus lappi - female
Copyright © 2012 Joe Lapp

Green Beauty - dorsal - Misumessus lappi - Female
Wimberley, Hays County, Texas, USA
May 13, 2011
Size: 7mm
Collected from Ashe Juniper. Wouldn't eat crickets, but would eat fruit flies, devouring them rapidly. The epigynum is so small I couldn't tell it was an adult until I gave up trying to fatten it up for molting and dunked it in alcohol.

Likely the female of this male:

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Green Beauty - dorsal - Misumessus lappi - female Green Beauty - front - Misumessus lappi - female Green Beauty - side - Misumessus lappi - female Green Beauty - ventral - Misumessus lappi - female Green Beauty - epigynum - Misumessus lappi - female Green Beauty - dorsal carapace - Misumessus lappi - female Green Beauty - eyes from side - Misumessus lappi - female
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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 7 January, 2012 - 2:57am
Last updated 9 August, 2018 - 12:25pm

Moved
Moved from Misumessus.
… Laura P., 9 August, 2018 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Misumessus
Thank you! Very nice eye arrangement shots for this genus. I don't suppose you have a view of the eyes from the front?
… Lynette Elliott, 23 March, 2015 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

 
unusual nose
Oh, don't assume that the protruding nose is characteristic for the genus! I meant to document an uncommon character.

I probably do have a portrait shot somewhere, will look...
… Joe Lapp, 23 March, 2015 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Joe =]
… Lynette Elliott, 23 March, 2015 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Not calling Misumessus to species
I'm not calling Misumessus to species at this time due to some complexities I'm seeing.
… Joe Lapp, 21 March, 2015 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Misumessus oblongus.
… Joe Lapp, 21 March, 2015 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Joe Lapp, 8 January, 2012 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

Misumessus sp.
Definitely Misumessus, but per the discussion on the page for the mentioned male, it's not clear whether this is oblongus or some not-yet-described species.
… Joe Lapp, 7 January, 2012 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joe Lapp, 7 January, 2012 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

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