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I've been trying since 2013, plz help. It was on the car door when the picture was taken before I placed it onto my debit card and placed it on the floor.
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- Submitted: Jan 15, 2020
- Photographed: Jul 2, 2013
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: St.Petersburg, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
It was a Crab Spider in family Thomisidae. It tried to hold onto the door. Many spiders trail a strand of silk as a tether. This one planted the silk in several spots. Some species of Crab Spiders have the ability to transform chemicals within their bodies to change colors. That can complicate identification. It might be a Green Crab Spider that is yellow. Misumessus oblongus is the Latin name for that one.
Wow!! Thank you so much!