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Picture ID 66332

Picture of unidentified spider

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I believe this is the misumena vatia also known as the Golden-rod crab spider. Apparently not afraid of marigolds but rather living in it. No signs of webbing but many dead bugs trapped inside.

  • Submitted by: 
    Will_theWay
  • Submitted: Jun 15, 2019
  • Photographed: Jun 15, 2019
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Wandering River, Alberta, Canada
  • Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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TangledWeb

Yes, Misumena vatia. Crab Spiders don’t hunt with webs, they camouflage themselves and ambush prey that comes to a food source, often flowers. This species can turn yellow, so it makes sense that it chose a yellow flower. Yours is somewhat changed to yellow. It is a chemical change that is done by shifting colored chemicals in the body to and from the visible cell tissue.

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