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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?
Probably the same as the previous one, just checking.

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Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - female Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - female Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - female Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - female Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata - female
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 20 March, 2012 - 10:02am
Last updated 29 July, 2014 - 3:43pm

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… John R. Maxwell, 29 July, 2014 - 3:34pm

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

 
Possible asperata
Thanks John. I'm virtually certain this is Mecaphesa asperata. The color pattern is consistent but not sufficient from my confirmed specimens, but I've not yet encountered another Mecaphesa with such a proportionately large epigynum. We can put it in the species group we have called "possible asperata" until you get a closeup of the epigynum. I'll be posting a closeup of an M. asperata epigynum soon, for a live spider. Amazing how they let me turn it over and they just stay there.
… Joe Lapp, 17 May, 2012 - 11:56pm

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