A new crab spider for me

Lord Vetinari

Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

May 4, 2019 edited May 5, 2019 in Holy Macro

Spotted this little male crab spider in a Euphorbia flowerhead in the garden. Not seen it before. Think it's Xysticus audax rather than Xysticus cristatus I normally see. Thanks to Harold below for an ID correction- it's a male Misumena vatia (a flower crab spider)

Brian V.

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e6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins

May 4, 2019 edited May 4, 2019

Brian,

It's a male Misumena vatia We know the female, which is much larger and more variable in colour.

Harold

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Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

May 5, 2019

@e6filmuser said:
Brian,

It's a male Misumena vatia We know the female, which is much larger and more variable in colour.

Harold

Thanks for ID correction Harold

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