Thomisidae
(Crab Spiders)

Picture ID 11058

Picture of Thomisidae (Crab Spiders) - Dorsal,Webs

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White Crab Spider?

I think it was maybe 1 to 2cm in length.

It was on the ceiling of our covered porch - just outside of our front door. There was a knot-hole (not visible in the picture) that I suspect it liked to hide in.

I don't recall that the colors were as vibrant to my eye - but it certainly looked different enough that I decided to take a picture. The narrow color spectrum of the led flash on my cell phone may have had something to do with its fantastic color.

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ItsyBitsy

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Yeah, the camera seems to have added some color to this one! It’s most likely a Goldenrod Crab Spider, Misumena vatia.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1076954/bgimage
Here’s one that’s photographed a little bit blue but not quite so much as yours:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/780863/bgimage

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