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Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider with a holarctic distribution. In North America, it is called the goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider, [1] as it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays and milkweed plants. They are called crab spiders because of their unique ability to walk sideways as well as forwards and backwards.
Misumena is a genus of crab spiders sometimes referred to as flower crab spiders. [1] They are similar in appearance to several other genera in the family Thomisidae, such as Misumenoides and Mecaphesa. [1] Misumena vatia, the goldenrod crab spider, is a North American species commonly seen hunting in goldenrod (Solidago) sprays in autumn. It ...
The tribe Misumenini belongs to the crab spider family, Thomisidae. As circumscribed by Lehtinen, typical members of the tribe Misumenini have a greenish body and legs (in fresh specimens), and a relatively uncomplicated colour pattern. They have a more-or-less unmodified carapace with only rarely any modifications to the abdomen. Adult males ...
Misumena vatia female Angaeus sp., Karnataka, India Ant-mimic Amyciaea sp., Karnataka, India Phyrnarachne sp. mimicking bird-dropping, Karnataka, India Camaricus sp., Goa, India Runcinia sp., Goa, India A crab-spider is spotted with a bumblebee as its prey underneath a leaf. As of December 2021, this large family contains around 171 genera: [1]
In most respects this spider behaves like the goldenrod spider, also commonly hunting in goldenrod sprays in the fall. It tends to take smaller prey, however, avoiding the bumblebees and large butterflies in favor of honeybees , large flies and small butterflies such as skippers .
Mecaphesa asperata, the northern crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae, found in North and Central America, and the Caribbean. [1] It is a species of the 'flower spiders', so-called because they generally hunt in similarly coloured flowers for visitors such as bees and flies, and is a much smaller nearctic relative ...
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A camouflaged female goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) ambushing the female of a pair of mating flies. Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture their prey via stealth, luring or by (typically instinctive) strategies utilizing an element of surprise.