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Just some goldenrod.
#bloomscrolling #spiders #thomisidae #goldenrod

Today in the park, I noticed a lot of small flies around this one unhealthy-looking plant, a mint of some kind, that had been put outside the greenhouse. I looked closer to find…a flower crab spider (family Thomisidae, tribe Misumenini) feeding on a plant bug (family Miridae)! The small flies are kleptoparasites trying to get a bite of the spider's meal. It periodically flicked the flies away with its spare legs and moved around to get away from them, in vain.

I don't see flower crab spiders that often so this was a nice find.

#DailySpiderPic #spiders #flies #parasitism #kleptoparasitism #Araneae #Thomisidae #Diptera

#SpiderSunday: several of the spiders I met on that one warm day last week! A running crab spider (_Philodromus_), a bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_), some kind of crab spider in tribe Coriarachnini (_Bassaniana_?), and a good old zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_) with what looks like most of a mesh-web weaver (family Dictynidae).

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #Philodromidae #Thomisidae #Dictynidae

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Xysticus cristatus ✧

Xysticus cristatus, the common crab spider, is a species in the family Thomisidae. It has a Palearctic distribution, being found throughout Europe (including Iceland) and east through Asia to Siberia, China, Korea and Japan. It has been introduced to Canada and the United States. The species is usually found in low vegetation...

#Thomisidae #UnitedStates #Xysticus #China #Europe #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xysticus_cristatus

2024 was a productive year for bug photography. I haven’t picked my favorites, but this crab spider hiding in goldenrod is a contender. #spiders #camouflage #nature #thomisidae

#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

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. https://youtu.be/MyshXlHuZdc

#Arachtober #CrabSpiders #spiders • #Araneae #Thomisidae

#Arachtober 9: freshly molted _Mecaphesa_ flower crab spider. Wait…

🎶 Freshly molted _Mecaphesa_
Freshly molted _Mecaphesa_
Freshly molted _Mecaphesa_
Right next to its old skin 🎶

#DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders • #Araneae #Thomisidae

A well-camouflaged crab spider waits for prey in a spire of midsummer goldenrod. Indiana Dunes National Park, USA.

#Spiders #Yellow #camouflage #thomisidae #Solidago #Nature

#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

Crab spider (Mecaphesa sp.) inside the curved labellum of a canna lily. Zolfo Springs, FL, USA. #spider #arachnid #thomisidae #nature #flowers #arachtober

#Arachtober 6: on a Queen Anne's Lace umbel, a crab spider (_Mecaphesa_?) has caught what looks like an ant alate.

#DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Thomisidae

bugs of Scarborough Civic Centre!!

1. tiny fierce crab spider in aster
2. worst bumblebee pic
3. the sedums were full of whirligig mites
4. aphids on those tall plants that look kind of like dandelions but, unlike dandelions, are always covered in aphids

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #bugstodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #insects #bees #aphids #Araneae #Thomisidae #Acari #Anystidae #Hymenoptera #Apidae #Hemiptera #Aphididae #macro

She's expecting!!!

This has legit made my day better

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #spiders #CrabSpiders #Araneae #Thomisidae #macro

A flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) has caught a bristle fly (Ectophasia crassipennis)

#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #arachnida #arachnids #thomisidae #spidersunday #spiders #Misumena #MisumenaVatia #flies #EctophasiaCrassipennis #Krabbenspinne #Raupenfliege

A lovely mauve and white crab spider (family Thomisidae) hiding in yarrow (_Achillea millefolium_).

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #spiders #CrabSpiders #Araneae #Thomisidae #florespondence #bloomscrolling

A different type of crab spider (f. Thomisidae) catching a sweat bee on a small daisy.

#Thomisidae #arachnids #spiders #macro #ultramacro #daisy #nature #wildlife #randallsisland #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

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

#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

No spiders here. Nope. Just keep moving.

#Thomisidae #Spiders #Nature

#Tmarus piger is a somewhat unusual crab #spider, as it sits on twigs or grass with its front legs outstretched. They feed mainly on ants.

#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #arachnida #arachnids #thomisidae #tmaruspiger #spidersunday #spiders #crabspider #spinnen #krabbenspinne