Comments & ID Thoughts
Yellow crab spider
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- Submitted: Jul 26, 2018
- Photographed: Jun 11, 2016
- Spider: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
- Location: Woodstock, Maine, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Yellow crab spider
This could be Misumena vatia also. I’m using the eyes and color marking areas for the ID. These crab spiders are able to change their colors to match their location. So, the overall coloring varies depending on what colors the spider saw when it last camouflaged itself.