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Spider Photos - Crab Spiders

Here's some photos Crab or Flower spider photos. One species of Crab Spider is the Goldenrod Spider. It is best known for its ability to change its colour from white to yellow in order to camouflage among flowers. The female is the one most often seen. She is either yellow or white, depending on where she is, with red streaks on her abdomen. The male is dark reddish-brown, with a whitish abdomen with dark red streaks. The male is smaller (about 1/8 inch) than the female (up to 3/8 inch). Goldenrod Spiders are found wherever there are yellow and white flowers, especially goldenrod and daisies. This is usually in a field or garden. They are not dangerous to man. All photos are copyright to their owners and may not be reproduced without permission. Please choose a section below:
Unidentified Spiders 2008 (1) Unidentified Spiders 2008 (2) Unidentified Spiders 2007 (1)
Unidentified Spiders 2007 (2) Unidentified Spiders 2007 (3) Unidentified Spiders 2006 (1)
Unidentified Spiders 2006 (2) Unidentified Spiders 2006 (3) Unidentified Spiders 2005 (1)
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Unidentified Spiders 2001 Spiders in Amber Closeups
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CRAB SPIDERS

18 August,  2008:
This spider is in my garden in denver and I absolutely love it. Just wondering what it might be and if you are familiar with it great and if not and can find someone who is, that be good. She or he has created a kingdom (queendom?) in my garden and I'm really enjoying watching her/him and taking pictures. This is a supermodel in the making, no doubt. Thanks!

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29 July,  2008:
Hi Glen, These Crab Spiders really like my carnivorous plants. The thin-looking one was on my Yellow Pitcher plant, and the other one was on my Venus' Flytrap flower stem. There is only one really good shot, but I thought you'd at least like to see them all. Feel free to use them if you want. --Damy

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22 July,  2008:
Hi Glen! Here's our latest round of spiders: all teeny tiny little friends! First, we have two different tiny crab spiders, one yellow, one green. Nicole

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29 June, 2008:
Hi Glen, I had these pictures lined up to e-mail you a couple of weeks ago, but I somehow omitted them! (I think.) There is one picture of what I guess is some kind of Crab Spider on my Yellow Pitcher Plant, guarding the lid. Also, there is an underside shot of some kind of narrow-bodied Orb Weaver. Feel free to use the pictures if you want. --Damy

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9 June, 2008:
As you will note in the first picture, she was hiding on the underside of a pansy petal!
Minneapolis, MN area

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29 February, 2007:
Hi Glen, some photos of a Crab Spider I found in a Frangipani flower in Jakarta. Possibly a Thomisus sp. I based my guess on this page:
Frank, Melbourne

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30 September, 2007:
Glen, Ellen, here. I think Cathy is right, this was never sent to you. One thing about the strange weather we have had for several years, is the species and their habitat are changing too. In this case the plant the spider is holed up in has not been seen in two years, nor has the spider. Enjoy, use it or share it as you wish. Ellen

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8 September, 2007:
Hi glen, I was just wondering if you could help me identify a couple of spiders I found in or around my house. Thanks in advance for any information you can give me.
Trishia from Fenton, Missouri

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6 September, 2007:
Wanted to send you this awesome spider pic I took yesterday. A M A Z I N G!
Laura

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30 August, 2007:
Hi, I was trying to identify this spider when I came across your website. I think he's a Crab Spider, however, I haven't seen another one quite like it. Could you help me identify him? Thanks! Lisa

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11 August, 2007:
i have no clue what this is but i took pics of it the put it in a container with a crab spider and it ate it it had babies i dont know if it was trying to protect them or what thanks melvin moore, ada oklahoma

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5 August 2007:
Hi Glen, found a few of these critters in my rose bush today. Have never seen them before. Are they partial to roses and do you know what they are called? They are quite striking with the stripes and the spots/dots/holes? on their backs. Can you tell me a little about them. I am in Brandon, Manitoba.
Thanks, Karen

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5 August 2007:
I saw this little spider on a tiny petal of a tiny flower on out table. I had my macro lens with me and even that doesn't do justice to how little it was. It seemed to be almost clear and I was curious if you know what this is. Thanks  Stacie


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24 July, 2007:
I think I'm getting hooked on your site... an orb weaver? -Chris

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27 July, 2007:
Glen, I thought you might be able to use these on your site. Rick Miller
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24 July, 2007:
Hi there... I took this picture today thinking it was a moth, but after I got it on  the computer I realized it was a spider. In trying to find out what kind it was, my wife found your website. After some research and
comparing photos, we think it's a Goldenrod Crab Spider. Is that correct? I don't know if you are interested or not, but here's the best
pic (cropped) that I got. Thanks, J-D, (New Brunswick Canada). Picture taken July 22nd, 2007.

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22 July, 2007:
Here are some pictures of a spider living in clematis plant in our backyard. We think it is a crab spider, is this common for Southern, Ontario? Please E-Mail us or let us know as soon as posible! Thank you!

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2 July, 2007:
Here are some great photos from Hannes in South Africa. Click for a larger view.

 

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21 June, 2007:
Hello, I found this spider in my house. I live in Oakland,  California. It was super tiny like a tear drop, but smaller. Can you  tell me what kind of spider this is please? Thank you Suzanne


 

 

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6 June 2007:
Dear Glen, thank you your web-page helped me in identifying this spider
sergiu P.S. (photos were taken at the Black Sea shore in Romania)

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30 May, 2007:
Hi, I found this spider on the leaves in my garden this afternoon. I could not find the species name. I am curious. Can you help me if this won't take too much time and too much trouble for you? Thanks, Lisa

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11 May, 2007:
First I’d like to say you have a great website, I frequent it often. I’m sending you a few pictures of a small little monster I found in my home one evening. I thought it was a Wolf spider when I was photographing it, however I was wrong. I live in Colorado and have come across many spiders but none like this one.I’d say this one was ½ inch long. I put him outside after taking these shots. Enjoy! Any clue as to its identity? Thanks Jason

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18 September, 2006:
Here are a few more spiders I've found in my yard today. I'm loving this new camera!! Hope you can use them on your website!
Sheila
Savannah, GA
USA

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6 August, 2006:
Hi! This Crab Spider was aggressively defending its Wild Rose. I was not trying to shoot the spider, but it insisted. It was very possessive of
that flower. It was the flower I was trying to shoot. The Wild Rose bushes grow along the railroad tracks next to the Fox River in Elgin, IL U.S.A.. I decided to take a shot of this nice Wild Rose specimen, but the spider wasn't willing to give it up. There were other weeds and wild grasses in the shot that I had to clear away before taking the shot. As I did, the spider moved to whatever side of the flower that I
was closest to. I swear, if it could talk, I would have heard, "Take off! Get lost! Go find your own flower! This one's mine." Even as I took the shot, as you can see, the spider had its dukes up,
as if ready to punch my lights out, given the chance. Yet, I knew it really had no designs against me. If it wanted to jump on me, my hands were within an inch of it several times, and it certainly could have. I think it just wanted me to leave its flower alone. This shot was taken with a Kodak Z740 digital camera. I used Paint Shop Pro to embellish it in the form of added, or, rather, duplicated rose sprigs to cover up other areas of the background that were empty or too dark, (or contained weeds I didn't finish removing). The spider and the rose it is on are pretty much as they were, except I brought up the color saturation of the rose just a bit to show off its pink features. Thank you for keeping up such a wonderful AND INFORMATIVE web site. Have Fun! Clarence

 

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6 August, 2006:
Spider mabey? It was eating a baby wasp or something along that line

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1 August,  2006:
Glen, My wife discovered this spider this morning, indoors, on the chesterfield. Can you identify it for us? I have not seen anything on the web that  resembles it.

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21 July, 2006:
Can you tell me what this is? It’s a great pic! Paul

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21 July, 2006:
Hi, my fiance and I were taking a walk and found this on the outside of our
mailbox. We live in Auburn, WA and were curious if you could tell us what
kind of spider this is. I can not find any picture of one like it. Thanks,  Ron.

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16 July, 2006:
Good morning, I found this on my Hibiscus leaf this afternoon. It went into attack mode, raising its front legs every time I got close to it. Is it just an albino version of a common spider? What is it? Thank you, Laurie Bachman , Metamora, IL

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8 July, 2006:
Love your web site and thought I would send this to you. Yesterday, I went out to pick some roses and thought I had a dead rose among these, but there was a bumblebee. He stayed right there until I brought it to the house. It was on what was left of a dead rose and his antenna was moving, so I thought he was living. Well, I cut off the dead rose and the bumblebee seemed to be stuck on it. I put the other roses in a vase and then discovered a spider. It must have gotten to the bumblebee and had it paralized. It was just a thin little thing and almost transparent with white legs. It had a very small red head, I thought, but not so on the picture. Maybe the red was a reflection of the rose or because he had taken a bite out of the bumblebee. Can you tell me what kind of spider it is. It is somewhere in the house because I wanted its picture and when I went to put the camera up, it disappeared, I hope, somewhere on the roses. Now I feel itchy just thinking about it.
Mary Ellen Thorpe in the mountains of western PA , 16613
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3 July, 2006:
Attached is a photo of an all white spider, I wonder what kind it is, is it dangerous. I found it in Hedley BC Canada and it was amongst white flowers on a bush. I almost did not see it. If you dont know what it is please send it to someone who might be able to identify it. thanks. Merilyn

 
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3 July, 2006:
Hi there. I was out in the backyard admiring some snapdragon flowers we have, and I was about to touch a petal when I spotted a pale green/white spider there. A few days passed, and as I was looking online to ID different spider, which turned out to be a fisher spider, or one of the type that look like them, when I came across your great site. After looking through your site, I had an urge to go back and find that pale green/white spider, take some pics, and send them to you to see if you could shed any light on what kind it is? Thanks, Shea Evans

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1 July, 2006:
Saw this guy in my front yard feeding on a poor bee.
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Reply: Looks like a crab/flower spider.
6 November, 2005:
Hi Glen, A couple from England for you. Regards, Edwin
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29 October, 2005:
I found this spider? In the backyard this morning I was wondering if you can identify it for me.

Thank you,
John Machiaverna

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8 October, 2005:
Here is two more for you. Both from a rose in my back yard (Washington State, USA). I'm pretty sure this is a Flower Spider (found on a rose in my back yard, appropriately enough).Thomisus Spectabilis



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3 October, 2005:
Hello,

I found this crab spider on my orange tree here in southern California it has a somewhat scary Halloween marking on it's back
 

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6 September, 2005:
A coworker found this spider on his car antana as he got something out of his truck. It was very small. Can you tell us anything about it?
 

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28 August, 2005:
hi glenn, canu you identify this spider? it was found crawling on my technician in wal-mart pharmacy in plymouth, mass. thanx sue

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25 July, 2005:
Excellent web site!!! Very informative!!! Can you help me Identify  this spider??? Very pretty but also kind of scary looking. Cought the  piture of it on these green brier bushes around our house here in the
Willamette Valley, Oregon. I had been just looking at the blooms when I saw  the bee, and wondered why the bee had not moved, even after I had touched  it. Then I saw the beautifull, but kinda errie looking spider. Got pretty  good pictures though. Have also seen one or two inside the house. Should
they not be in the house? Anything would help. Thank you for your time and
you wonderfull web site!!!
Monty Brown

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20 July, 2005:

My husband found a completely yellow spider and we were wondering what it might be...it is about the size of a dime including the legs...he found it on the car trying to make a web. We live about mid coast in Maine...any

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14 July, 2005:

Hi!
My name is Janet, and I love taking flower photos. I was doing just that when I came across this spider. I was wondering if you could identify it for me. As far as I can tell it must be a crab spider, but have searched the web (no pun intended:)) and haven't seen an exact match yet.

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14 May, 2005:
Here is a picture of a crab spider...

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11 November, 2004:
Found your sit eon the net while looking for spider pictures. I took this picture of a hummingbird moth last May or June and forgot about it until I got a new printer and was trying it out.  Any idea of what it may be? I live in southeastern Pennsylvania. Its on a Butterfly bush. That’s about all of the info I have. I am into wildlife (have degrees in Forestry and Wood Products) but I work, use my camera and spare time for motorcycle stunting. Thanks for any help
Clint

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26 October, 2004:
My friend just sent me this photo. He said he took it through a loupe. We live in Los Angeles, CA. Unfortunately he didn't tell me how large it was. Can you identify it?
Thank you,
Sandy Mayer

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19 October, 2004:
Dear Cool Spider Site, I found a spider on a buddies truck that we had never seen before in Oregon. My buddy has a lot of furniture imported from Indonesia and thought maybe this spider originated from that region. We all are curious what kind of spider this is and if you could identify it, is it dangerous?? I look forward to hearing back from you.
Jon A.R. Bohanan
North Bend, Oregon

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6 August, 2004:
This photo was taken in upstate NY, what kind of spider is this???


Norma J. Hildebrand
Project Coordinator
GlaxoSmithKline

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26 July, 2004:
I was wondering if you could tell me what kind of spider this is. I took this picture in New Jersey this past weekend. As you can see he is sitting on the flower enjoying a fly for lunch. If you could get back to me that would be great.
Thanks!
Erin Anderson
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18 July, 2004:
Found this little fellow on an orchid that blew off a plant in the wind. All I could see at first was the moth then noticed the silk coming off it and then the tiny white and translucent crab spider. I moved it onto another yellow orchid where it could live for a bit longer. Click for a larger view.

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8 July, 2004:
Can you tell me what kind of spider this is? Found in Pacific NW.
 

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Reply: Some of the flower spiders are able to change their color over several days, typically between white and yellow, depending on the color of the flower on which they are resting.

19 August, 2003:
Great pages!
Will attach a photo of one my son found on our roses last night, which by scanning your photos looks like the white Crab Spider you show. This one caught my son's eye first because we have not seen any number of white spiders here in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Then he noticed that the two horizontal strips on the spider's body were also pink, and wondered if the spider was capable of colour change. Any thoughts?
Murray Thompson
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
mg.thompson@sympatico.ca

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16 June, 2003:
This is a species of Crab Spider, found with a fly on a Zinnia last  summer. This spider had trash service! Ants would come by and clear away  all the fly husks on a daily basis.

barb
 

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10 March, 2002:
On studying a neighbour's roses I wondered why a bee appeared to be stuck in the petals of one of them. On closer inspection, we found this beautiful white spider firmly attached to the bee, trying to make a meal of it. I suspect it is a crab spider (flower spider) from the shape of its abdomen. Click the photo for a larger view.

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