Comments & ID Thoughts
This guy was fairly small and perched on top of our cactus. Spotted just north of Austin Texas.
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- Submitted: May 16, 2019
- Photographed: May 16, 2019
- Spider: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Crab Spider (Thomisidae). Not sure which exact one.
My guess would be a female Misumena vatia
It isn’t Misumena vatia. They have pink or red markings and a yellow marking band across the eyes. We don’t get many photos of Crab Spiders on cacti.
Ah yes, you’re right I must’ve overlooked that