Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757) Discussion
goldenrod crab spider
Comments on July 24, 2007 Observation
Pamela Martin
44.4297, -77.2302
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Submitted: July 26, 2007 at 10:17:27 AM MST
![Misumena vatia (Pamela Martin [July 24, 2007])](/observers/images/uploaded/Thumb_30_2007-7-26_misumena-vatia-yellow2.jpg)
My least favourite part of aging is presbyopia--but perhaps I could learn to enjoy the surprises it leads to. I found this yellow Misumena vatia on some Queen Anne's Lace in the yard. Took a photo, and low and behold, two more spiders (in the lower left quadrant), both white, one clearly a flower crab but I think not the same species, the other, whose legs just show from the other side of the flower, also a flower crab spider, species unknown. I had no idea they were there when I took the photo--too small for me to see without my reading glasses.
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