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  1. #Arachtober 24: this handsome, feisty crab spider (_Xysticus_? Coriarachnini, anyway) was all like "I'll fite u!!!…unless you're an incomprehensibly immense weird-feeling alien being in which case I'll just stay very still and hope you go away."

    #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #CrabSpiders #spiders#Araneae #Thomisidae

  2. New Travis McEnery video about _Misumena vatia_, the goldenrod crab spider! It's quite a good one, going into their hunting method, colour change ability, and more. You'll be surprised how much we don't know about this common species. youtu.be/MyshXlHuZdc

    #Arachtober #CrabSpiders #spiders#Araneae #Thomisidae

  3. #Arachtober 26: a very flat crab spider, maybe a bark crab spider (_Bassaniana_) or the like. Note the ⟨ ° • • ° ⟩ eye arrangement and long front legs.

    #DailySpiderPic #spiders #CrabSpiders #Araneae #Thomisidae #macro

  4. This a crab spider (family Thomisidae) of some sort. My experience with this is the members of this family hang out near flowers and nab pollinators when they land.

    #crabspiders #Thomisidae #arachnids #spiders #macro #ultramacro #nature #wildlife #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

  5. #SpiderSunday: I saw the fly and was holding the milkweed flowers to get a closer look before I saw the crab spider holding it!

    The fly was an anthomyiid; I've included a pic of one of its live comrades.

    #DailySpiderPic #spiders #CrabSpiders #Araneae #Thomisidae #insects #flies #Diptera #Anthomyiidae #macro #predation