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"Mecaphesa asperata", the northern crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae, found in North and Central America, and the Caribbean. It is a species of the 'flower spiders', so-called because they generally hunt in similarly coloured flowers for visitors such as bees and flies, and is a much smaller nearctic relative of the better-known Goldenrod Spider ".

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Dec 1, 2022. Captured Oct 7, 2021 11:54 in 31 Ferncrest Ave, Coventry, RI 02816, USA.
  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm