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White-banded crab spider - Misumenoides formosipes

White-banded crab spider - Misumenoides formosipes
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
September 26, 2006
This behemoth was spotted on some tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica). It had successfully picked off a monarch butterfly and a honeybee over a two day period. By day three it was gone.

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Yes, we would agree with your
identification as Misumenoides formosipes

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