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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Mecaphesa » Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
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Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - female
Copyright © 2012 John R. Maxwell

Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - Female
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
September 20, 2011
Size: Maybe around 4 mm?
Mecaphesa asperata (Northern Crab Spider) ???

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 14 March, 2012 - 9:18am
Last updated 29 July, 2014 - 3:42pm

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… John R. Maxwell, 29 July, 2014 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Yes
This is the correct series of images (and specimen) for:
KMP-10156 Mecaphesa asperata
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 November, 2013 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Mecaphesa asperata
Looks like you got her to adulthood. The dorsal pattern is a perfect fit for M. asperata, and the size of the epigynum matches too. I say M. asperata for this one.
… Joe Lapp, 17 May, 2012 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass. Joe Lapp wanted to save these for a bit.
… John R. Maxwell, 1 April, 2012 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Spiders. I'll keep raising it and see what happens, it will either molt again or not.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 March, 2012 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 15 March, 2012 - 12:49am login or register to post comments

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