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Comments & ID Thoughts
Here is a Crab Spider likely of the Xysticus genus but not sure of the species. This is the third of 3 images of this spider. See also picture ID 7865 & 7869 (note this species was found on a goldenrod not the ground as noted in the first image)
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Mar 26, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 25, 2016
- Spider: Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
- Sex:
Male, - Maturity:Adult
- Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Eyes
Help identify this spider
Dec 4, 2019
Dec 4, 2019
Rincon, 
Filed x 3. 🙂
Xysticus cristatus
It does look a bit like Xysticus cristatus but that species has never been recorded in Ontario before. According to BugGuide so far in North America it has only been found in WA and BC. See https://bugguide.net/node/view/343606