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Crab Spider

order Araneae - infraorder Araneomorphae (true spiders) - family Thomisidae

Spider on Rock Flax

Celer Crab Spider Misumenops celer

3/16" body.  Female. Hiding on Rock Flax flower.

Photo taken in Taylor County, September 2004

Spider in Snow-on-the-Mountain

Whitebanded Crab Spider Misumenoides formosipes

1/8" body.  Female.  Hiding in Snow-on-the-Mountain flowers.

From what I have found online, the color (solid white to almost dark) and body pattern (vivid dots to pale streak) changes for these spiders. 

Male is reddish with very dark legs.

Photos taken in Taylor County, August 2004

Spider in Broomweed with fly

Flower Crab Spider **zk 1** Misumena sp.

1/8" body.

Photos taken in Taylor County, October 2006

spider on Yucca pod

Crab Spider **zk 2** Scientific Name

1/8" body.  Male.  On Yucca flower

Photos taken in Taylor County, June 2005

Spider under Fragrant Gaillardia flower.

Crab Spider **zk 3** Scientific Name

3/16" body.

Photos taken in Taylor County, April 2005

Spider under Fragrant Gaillardia flower.

Crab Spider **zk 4** Scientific Name

3/16" body. 

Photos taken in Taylor County, May 2007

Crab Spider **zk 5** Scientific Name

3/16" body.

Photos taken in Taylor County, August 2008

Crab Spider Tmarus sp.

3/16" body.

Photos taken in Taylor County, August 2008