Comments & ID Thoughts
I believe this is a crab spider. It’s the size of a dress shirt collar button, and was photographed at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Los Altos, CA, on the dirt surface of the PG&E access road.
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- Submitted: Apr 6, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 4, 2018
- Spider: Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
- Location: Los Altos , California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 I agree, Crab Spider (Thomisidae). Looks to be one in the genus Xysticus.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/870141
Thank you!