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Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)

goldenrod crab spider



  • Aug 24, 2008

    44.7155137320213,-75.9375
    Corey S Turnbull
    44.7155, -75.9375

    Added: Aug 27, 2008 at 5:31:51 PM MST
    Misumena vatia (Corey S Turnbull [Aug 24, 2008])Found this little guy munching on a poor dragonfly sitting on a sunflower. Just East of Ottawa, Ontario canada
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  • Aug 14, 2008

    46.7979442221693,-72.6031494140625
    Jean Leclerc
    46.7979, -72.6031
    1    
    Added: Sep 4, 2008 at 7:16:41 PM MST
    Misumena vatia (Jean Leclerc [Aug 14, 2008])

    Female observed on Anaphalis margaritacea holding prey (Diptera, Sirphidae).

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  • Aug 8, 2008

    38.436892,-87.116373
    Nikki J. Breidenbaugh
    38.4369, -87.1164
    4    
    Added: Aug 8, 2008 at 10:44:42 PM MST
    I 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. 
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  • Aug 6, 2008

    44.8619338684843,-76.4220786094666
    Tammy J MacKenzie
    44.8619, -76.4221
    1    
    Added: Nov 2, 2008 at 11:05:14 PM MST
    Misumena vatia (Tammy J MacKenzie [Aug 6, 2008])

    This lovely lady was enjoying a honeybee lunch on a blossom of a gourd plant in my garden. West Of Perth, Ontario.

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  • Jul 27, 2008

    46.23830706021,-64.5030927658081
    Laura D DesBrisay
    46.2383, -64.5031
    2    
    Added: Jul 27, 2008 at 10:30:43 AM MST
    I spotted a couple of misumena vatia over the past few days on our rugosa roses.  What struck me as interesting is that the one with all-white opaque coloring matched perfectly with the white roses (where it was "hiding") and the other with the bright pink lines seemed to fit right in with the dark pink roses with white streaks on the base of their petals.  I wonder if they know how well they're camouflaged...  I'll try to get some good pictures.
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  • Jul 23, 2008

    47.7256992948405,-117.383937835693
    Joseph Guzik
    47.7257, -117.3839
    1    
    Added: Jul 23, 2008 at 9:38:31 PM MST
    Misumena vatia (Joseph Guzik [Jul 23, 2008])Female on neighbor's plant.  Didn't know what it was at first.  Kids thought they were going to get bitten.  She's a beauty though.
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  • Jul 18, 2008

    44.8619072520569,-76.422153711319
    Tammy J MacKenzie
    44.8619, -76.4222
    1    
    Added: Nov 2, 2008 at 11:06:56 PM MST
    Misumena vatia (Tammy J MacKenzie [Jul 18, 2008])

    Found this tiny one (3 mm approx) on my barbeque cover on a warm, sunny day. West of Perth, Ontario.

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  • Jun 8, 2008

    46.7977091920788,-72.6055526733398
    Jean Leclerc
    46.7977, -72.6056
    1    
    Added: Jun 19, 2008 at 11:13:18 AM MST
    Observed a male standing on the tip of a maple sapling.  Mixed forest, along a trail.
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  • Apr 13, 2008

    34.446606,-119.713356
    L J F
    34.4466, -119.7134
    1    
    Added: Apr 23, 2008 at 11:11:09 AM MST
    Misumena vatia (L J F [Apr 13, 2008])Female on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
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  • Aug 17, 2007

    44.429745,-77.230156
    Pamela Martin
    44.4297, -77.2302
    1    
    Added: Aug 17, 2007 at 6:22:13 PM MST
    Misumena vatia (Pamela Martin [Aug 17, 2007])Now that the goldenrod is in bloom I've been hoping to see a Misumena vatia enjoying it. This morning I found this yellow adult female enjoying a fly on goldenrod, out in the fields. The numbers of these spiders in the garden is way down, though there are a few on the Buddleia and the anemone just coming into flower.
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  • Aug 16, 2007

    40.8137584806378,-73.9467912912369
    Sean Pollock
    40.8138, -73.9468
    1    
    Added: Aug 16, 2007 at 6:36:57 PM MST
    Didn't get a photo, but I'll try tomorrow.  This large female was in a butterfly bush.  We've got plenty of yellow-jackets, butterflies, moths, etc. for it to hunt in the garden.  Looks like a good biological control for the annoying insects.
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  • Jul 24, 2007

    44.429745,-77.230156
    Pamela Martin
    44.4297, -77.2302
    1    
    Added: Jul 26, 2007 at 10:17:27 AM MST
    Misumena vatia (Pamela Martin [Jul 24, 2007])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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