Comments & ID Thoughts
Golden-rod crab spider
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- Submitted: Sep 12, 2021
- Photographed: Sep 12, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Golden-rod crab spider
Misumenoides formosipes, a White-banded Crab Spider. A way to tell this species apart from the similar Golden Rod Crab Spiders is the color of the eye area. It is yellow on the Goldenrod Crab Spider. The spider species in your photo has a white or red band of color under the eyes. Both species have the cool ability to change colors, but those areas that I mentioned stay the same.
Wow, excellent distinction! Thank you!