Comments & ID Thoughts
American green crab spider
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- Submitted: Aug 28, 2025
- Photographed: Aug 28, 2025
- Spider: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
- Location: Springfield, Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I found it on my mailbox handle
The details aren’t high resolution enough to identify it beyond Crab Spider. We look for the number and placement of the eyes and the markings patterns and colors. There are several species of green crab spiders. Most or all of them have the ability to change their colors beyond pale green for camouflage. If you can get a clearer photo of it you can post it as anew submission. I’m glad that mail carriers and other delivery people seem to be very tolerant of bugs and don’t harm them deliberately, as far as I know. My delivery people ignore the… Read more »
Yeah, I heard a podcast about spiders the other day. The expert was explaining how dogs are the fourth most dangerous animal to humans (after mosquitoes, humans, and snakes). Spiders are very, very far down the list.