#Arachtober 24: this handsome, feisty crab spider (_Xysticus_? Coriarachnini, anyway) was all like "I'll fite u!!!…unless you're an incomprehensibly immense weird-feeling alien being in which case I'll just stay very still and hope you go away."

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New Travis McEnery video about _Misumena vatia_, the goldenrod crab spider! It's quite a good one, going into their hunting method, colour change ability, and more. You'll be surprised how much we don't know about this common species. https://youtu.be/MyshXlHuZdc

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The Spiders in Your Yard - The Goldenrod Crab Spider

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#Arachtober 26: a very flat crab spider, maybe a bark crab spider (_Bassaniana_) or the like. Note the ⟨ ° • • ° ⟩ eye arrangement and long front legs.

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White-banded Crab Spiders (Misumenoides formosipes) lurk in flowers and snatch unwary critters trying to snack on nectar. Females can reversibly change their color to optimize camouflage (not as quickly as cuttlefish or chameleons though). They like to appear white with some green or even bold red on white or purple blossoms and a perfectly matched golden yellow on flowers like goldenrod.

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She's expecting!!!

This has legit made my day better

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Just a regular old flower, waiting for some delicious fly or bee to come along and be devoured... I mean, get nectar.

Crab spiders rule.

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A lovely mauve and white crab spider (family Thomisidae) hiding in yarrow (_Achillea millefolium_).

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