(Misumena vatia)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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IUCN Red List | not listed |
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NatureServe | NNR - Unranked |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Goldenrod crab spider is the most abundant of the flower spiders. On goldenrods or yellow daisies its coloring may change to yellow. |
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Size |
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Female Body Length: 5 ⁄16″ to ⅜″ Male Body Length: ⅛″ to 3 ⁄16″ Legspan: 5 ⁄16″ to ¾″ |
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Habitat |
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Meadows, fields, and gardens with white or yellow flowers. |
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Biology |
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Season |
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Summer |
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Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Food |
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Flower-visiting insects, such as flies, butterflies, grasshoppers, and especially bees. |
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Distribution |
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Sources 7, 24, 27, 29, 30, 82. |
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7/11/2022 | ||||
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Common |
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Taxonomy |
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Class | Arachnida (arachnids) | ||
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Araneae (spiders) | ||
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Araneomorphae (typical spiders) | ||
Superfamily |
Thomisoidea (crab and running crab spiders) | ||
Family |
Thomisidae (crab spiders) | ||
Genus |
Misumena (flower crab spiders) | ||
Synonyms |
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Aranea 4-lineata Aranea albonigricans Aranea calicina Aranea calycina Aranea citrea Aranea citrina Aranea cretata Aranea hasselquistii Aranea kleinii Aranea osbekii Aranea quinquepuncata Aranea scorpiformis Aranea sulphereoglobosa Aranea sulphurea Aranea uddmanni Aranea virginea Araneus vatius Misumena calycina Misumena citrea Misumena oblonga Misumena occidentalis Misumenops vatia Pachyptile devia Thomisus calycinus Thomisus citreus Thomisus cucurbitinus Thomisus dauci Thomisus devius Thomisus fartus Thomisus phrygiatus Thomisus pratensis Thomisus quadrilineatus Thomisus scorpiformis Thomisus spinipes Thomisus vatius Thomisus viridis |
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Common Names |
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flower spider goldenrod crab spider goldenrod spider red-spotted crab spider |
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Ken Vargas |
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Alfredo Colon |
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Lisa Lokken |
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found it in my garden with a fly’s head in it’s fangs! |
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Dan W. Andree |
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… here is another Northern Crab with its dinner looks like some kind of a damsel fly or similar. That one was at the same area on 7-7-22. It is just a shrunk down 4k frame grab. |
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Molly and Robert Power |
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Greg Watson |
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male Goldenrod Crab Spider, Misumena vatia |
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DotieC57 |
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Jocelyne D. |
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First time seen in our backyard, interesting critters. |
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Jen Taylor |
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Flowers just purchased from Lowe’s |
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Leesa Kolstad |
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Mark Gullickson |
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around on yellow coneflower |
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Cindy Hakala |
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second sighting this summer, both in my backyard. Thanks! |
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Tracey Klocek |
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Golden Rod Crab Spider Hi, I just had one of these land on me! |
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Tiffany Howell |
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Goldenrod crab spider in chengwatana state park. |
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Bill Reynolds |
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While hunting on Prairie Rose this White Crab Spider turned up it's nose, so to speak, and walked away from the Carrion Beetle. I guess it pays to stink a little. |
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Tom Baker |
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Slideshows |
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Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) Andree Reno Sanborn |
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Misumena vatia (Goldenrod Crab Spider) Allen Chartier |
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Visitor Videos |
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Other Videos |
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pająk kwietnik (Misumena vatia) (flower spider with his victim) brozek11 |
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About
Uploaded on Jul 21, 2011 2011.07.21 Delfina, Polska |
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Misumena vatia astrellify |
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About
Uploaded on Jun 26, 2011 Паук-засадник мизумена косолапая и мелкая букашка, которой он был бы совсем не прочь полакомиться. |
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Běžník kopretinový - Misumena vatia - pestrenka P7089278.MOV Martin Čepek |
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About
Published on Jul 8, 2012 V Liberci na louce jsem objevil běžníka tak jsem si udelal par fotek a doslo i na video, natoceno Olympus OM-D E-M5 sigma 105mm 1:2 8 DG macro, bohuzel jsem nemel sebou stativ tak je to natoceno pouze z ruky, nenasel jsem ani kus klacku ktery bych pouzil jako monopod. Pekny den vsem |
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