Mecaphesa

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A green crab spider is what I think it is but I'm in southern California. At chantry flats specifically.

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BugmanDan

Hi. A crab spider in the Thomisidae family, probably one of your local sorts.
There are quite a few species to find in SoCal.

TangledWeb

Something that is making it hard to ID is that some crab spiders can change colors to match the background. I think this is one of them. It has some reddish purple color change from green or from pale yellow.

ItsyBitsy

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