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Picture ID 163405

Picture of unidentified spider

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I believe this is a crab spider but it is all white!

  • Submitted by: 
    Small_prince
  • Submitted: Sep 6, 2022
  • Photographed: Sep 5, 2022
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Henderson, Nevada, United States
  • Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
  • Found in web?: No
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TangledWeb

Misumena vatia? https://bugguide.net/node/view/325561 It IS a Crab Spider! There are Flower Crab Spiders that are white or pale green. They can internally shift chemicals to appear the same colors and patterns as what the spider sees around it. The spider also poses its body to have the colors and shapes lined up with the environment they are hiding in. Your spider is in its default colors, white and light green to match the colors of the part of the flower that is right under it. It is lined up to have the bulbous abdomen over the widest part. They raise… Read more »

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BugmanDan

I agree. Sometimes these are called goldenrod spiders. Colors and patterns can vary quite a bit. Common sightings may have red lateral stripes on the abdomen.

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