Comments & ID Thoughts
Found on the soft white pedals of a large rose in my garden. Slow mover. I think it may be an Orb Weaver type?
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- Submitted: Jun 18, 2025
- Photographed: Jun 16, 2025
- Spider: Misumena vatia (Golden-rod Crab Spider)
- Location: Salem, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
- Found in web?: No
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I think she’s Misumenoides formosipes, a White-banded Crab Spider. I’d like a second opinion before I title the photo. She’s a Flower Crab Spider, tbey have a similar shape to Orbweavers, a bit flatter. She’s pretty and she has a cool ability. I wish I learned this in school! She can change colors to match what she sees in her surroundings. Her default color is pale green. She excreted pigments to be white like the rose petals. Her other colors are pinks and yellows. I keep forgetting to check my roses to find crab spiders. I did find one that… Read more »
This looks more like Misumena vatia.
Goldenrod crab spider.
Species Misumena vatia – Goldenrod Crab Spider – BugGuide.Net