Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)
goldenrod crab spider
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Sep 20, 2009
L. Kate Cowan
37.7663, -122.4669
1
Added: Sep 21, 2009 at 11:44:45 AM MST![Misumena vatia (L. Kate Cowan [Sep 20, 2009])](/observers/images/uploaded/Thumb_246_2009-9-21_spidernoms.jpg)
Found on a blue passion flower, quietly munching on a bee in the Botanical Gardens at Golden Gate Park.
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Sep 19, 2009
Daniel Caron
40.0975, -80.662
1
Added: Sep 21, 2009 at 11:27:00 AM MST -
Sep 9, 2009
Sharon R. Shore
41.1314, -95.9505
1
Added: Sep 12, 2009 at 7:44:15 PM MSTAt first I thought she was some fallen petals. I have to admit, I had never seen a yellow spider in my yarn, nor anywhere in Nebraska! Of course, I wasn't looking either! I am now utterly and completely under her spell. Over the next few days, I would visit "her" planter and take a few pictures. I researched her online and discovered that she was indeed a "she" and a Misumena vatia, whom I now affectionately call "Mena". I admit to shooing flies in her direction. I was utterly thrilled to watch her pounce and catch one. If I go outside and don't find her on her favorite flower, I am upset... and I wonder if she is okay. It is my fascination with something new. I am never too old to learn about something in this world, and it's even better when something wonderful can be found just outside my front door. I have moved her planter across the driveway to the sedum plant where there are MANY bees, and she quickly and excitedly left her yellow flower and stalked a bee! It was amazing to see her take on a bee so much larger than herself. I checked on her today... and she was quite happily munching on yet another bee. I hope to be able to keep track of her and watch her loose her yellow pigment and turn white, and capture the changes with my camera!
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Jul 17, 2009
Richard Van Cleave
55.3003, -131.5371
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Added: Jul 17, 2009 at 10:51:00 PM MST -
Jul 1, 2009
Tammy J MacKenzie
44.862, -76.4222
1
Added: Jul 2, 2009 at 7:35:32 PM MST -
Jun 27, 2009
Leann Strobel
37.4576, -97.8493
1
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Jun 22, 2009
Tammy J MacKenzie
44.862, -76.4222
1
Added: Jul 2, 2009 at 7:32:49 PM MST![Misumena vatia (Tammy J MacKenzie [Jun 22, 2009])](/observers/images/uploaded/Thumb_174_2009-7-2_0609 F crab spider.jpg)
This lady was in residence on a bushy peony, taking advantage of the many rose chafers that were attacking the flowers. I observed her on the same flower for 2 days and did not see her again.
The peonies were located next to steps coming down from a parking area buttressed by large rocks where wild plantstend to take. Open lawn bordered by trees and field.
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Jun 15, 2009
Nancy G. Landrum
41.4985, -90.4763
2
Added: Nov 6, 2009 at 4:41:38 PM MSTI'm sure this is the fellow I brought into the house on some elderberry blooms. I was unaware of him until I noticed movement. I put him or her outside because no good would come to him or her in here. He closely resembled the mint and lavender one I saw on a thistle.
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Aug 24, 2008
Corey S Turnbull
44.7155, -75.9375
Added: Aug 27, 2008 at 5:31:51 PM MST -
Aug 14, 2008
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Aug 8, 2008
Nikki J. Breidenbaugh
38.4369, -87.1164
4
Added: Aug 8, 2008 at 10:44:42 PM MSTI found four large female Misumena vatia while on my spider walk today. All four were solid white. One was hiding in a pink butterflyy bush flower spike, one was on a white butterfly bush, one was between the petals of a coreopsis plant in my shade garden and the last was on a catnip flower cluster. -
Aug 6, 2008
Tammy J MacKenzie
44.8619, -76.4221
1
Added: Nov 2, 2008 at 11:05:14 PM MST
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