Unidentified

Picture ID 49180

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    Stoney9486
  • Submitted: Nov 26, 2018
  • Photographed: Nov 24, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Royersford, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
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TangledWeb

Hi, this is a crab spider. I think the tripod position it is in might mean it is afraid. I’ve seen them do that when I put my cellphone in front of them for photos, blocking their path. It might be to make them look bigger or because that is close to the position a spider adopts to escape a predator by kiting. To kite they send out a strand of silk and get carried away on a breeze or they can jump and have the silk act as a tether. The first crab spider I photographed did that pose… Read more »