Xysticus
(Ground Crab Spiders)

Comments & ID Thoughts

I believe this is a crab spider. It’s the size of a dress shirt collar button, and was photographed at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Los Altos, CA, on the dirt surface of the PG&E access road.

• Submitted by: 
  
  miyacaskawin
• Submitted: Apr 6, 2018
• Photographed: Apr 4, 2018
• Spider: Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
• Location: Los Altos , California, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Dorsal