Unidentified

Hi farmgirl! This is Misumena vatia, a goldenrod crab spider. The pink area on the head is where their eyes are situated in two rows of four. I think they’re really interesting, they camouflage really well and can change colors. I don’t know if yours was white before the white background. They’re thing is to sit motionless and look like a flower petal or a leaf near a flower. When a pollinator or other insect comes to the flower this crab spider will swiftly lunge at it (it can move sideways like a crab). Then they grab it with their… Read more »