Comments & ID Thoughts
It‘s web was on the trunk of a tree. It’s abdomen was roughly the size of a pea
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- Submitted: Aug 5, 2020
- Photographed: Jun 10, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Franklin, Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
This is a crab spider of the Thomisidae family, possibly a Misumena vatia, commonly known as the goldenrod crab spider.
It shows different colours and markings, depending on the flowers it sits on.