Comments & ID Thoughts
This was taken in Rockingham VT. It almost looked like it was glowing.
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- Submitted: Nov 9, 2022
- Photographed: Nov 9, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Rockingham, Vermont, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
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Cool photo! I like how spiders look with light passing through them. They also seem to glow when their body bounces back UV light. She’s probably Misumenoides formosipes, a White-banded Crab Spider. The back-up ID is Misuma vatia, a Goldenrod Crab Spider. She’s gravid with eggs, that’s why her abdomen is so bulbous. She has a really cool ability. What her eyes see around her triggers pigmented chemicals to switch places in her body, which is visible with her chiton exoskeleton. She’s also posing to match the shape and lines of her body to the shapes around her. She’s trying… Read more »
Wow that is so cool, thanks for sharing all of that!