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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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Mecaphesa asperata? - Mecaphesa asperata - male
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Mecaphesa asperata? - Mecaphesa asperata - Male
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
October 12, 2012
Size: 3.5mm
Did Misumenops become Mecaphesa?

Found this one on a plant brought in for the winter the other night. Body is 3.5mm "nose to butt"; armspan is 14.5mm.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 15 October, 2012 - 1:09pm
Last updated 16 October, 2012 - 4:17pm

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… Ashley Bradford, 16 October, 2012 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

yup
Absolutely love your photos. Great job with the white background and the upside-down spider. Yes, Mecaphesa asperata, a penultimate male.
… Joe Lapp, 15 October, 2012 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
so much for the ID and compliment! When I dumped him out of my collecting cup, he was attached by a web-thread and ended up on his back when he touched down. To my surprise, he just froze there like that, allowing me to get this photo. I had to prod him to get him to turn over.

The other crabs I have very much resisted being flipped onto their backs and I had to employ a few seconds in the freezer to coax them into it.
… Ashley Bradford, 16 October, 2012 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

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