Comments & ID Thoughts
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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- Submitted: Apr 29, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 31, 2017
- Spider: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
- Location: Anacortes, Washington, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal, Webs
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