Goldenrod crab spider, Flower crab spider, Flower spider[edit | edit source]

(Misumena vatia)


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Misumena vatia (Goldenrod crab spider, Flower crab spider, Flower spider) on the ground elder flowers (Photo 1)



Ground elder flowers and a flower crab spider (Photo 2)


My short words


I was looking at the ground elder flowers....

"Oh! here is some first comer!"

I couldn't realized the flower spider before I came close to the flowers.





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Data
Common name: Goldenrod crab spider, Flower crab spider, Flower spider
Scientific name: Misumena vatia
Family name: Thomisidae
Date taken: Photo 1: June 28, 2019, 11:39
Photo 2: June 28, 2019, 11:40
Place: Photo 1,2: (Mamin's rent room's) house owner's garden in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada



References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Encyclopædia Britannica 15th edition - Thomisidae; crab spider
  2. 2014 Encyclopedia Nipponica (Digital version) - crab spider
  3. Biodiversity of the Central Coast (The project through the University of Victoria) - Goldenrod crab spider; Misumena vatia
  4. Wikipedia.org - Misumena vatia