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Here's some photos Crab or Flower spider photos. Crab spiders belong to the family Thomisidae. They get their name because they move sideways, like crabs. The body is not as hairy as in most spiders. The colour of the spider is adapted to the hunting terrain they use and is mostly extravagant. They live in flowers and plants and are sometimes called Flower Spiders because they are often found inside a flower waiting for an unsuspecting bee to come along. They also live in grasses and low vegetation. The female grows 6-7 mm. They are slow-moving spiders which do not actively hunt like Wolf Spiders. Instead, they remain stationary and await in ambush for some unsuspecting insects to land in front of them. Their bite is not dangerous to humans. The first two pairs of legs in most Crab Spiders are longer and heavier than the third and fourth pairs, and are armed with spines for holding and grasping prey. The females usually stand guard with their egg sacs. The egg sacs are fastened to the vegetation and are usually flat.

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Unidentified Spiders 2003	Unidentified Spiders 2002	Unidentified Spiders 2001
Spiders in Amber	Closeups	.Ant Mimicking Spiders
Argiopes/St. Andrew's Cross	Black House Spiders	Brown Recluse Spiders
Candy Stripe Spiders	Crab Spiders	Cyclosa Conica
Daddy Long Legs	Daring Jumping Spiders	Fishing Spiders
Funnel Web (Aus)	Garden Orb Weavers	Golden Orb Weavers
Grass spiders/Funnel Weavers	Hacklemesh Weavers	Hobo Spiders
Huntsman Spiders	Jewelled Spiders	Jumping Spiders
Leaf Curling Spiders	Long Jawed Orb Weavers	Lynx Spiders
Marbled Orb Weavers	Mouse Spiders	Mygalomorphs
Nursery Web Spiders	Parson Spider	Pirate Spiders
Redback Spiders	Red Spotted Ant Mimic Spiders	Solfugids/Camel Spiders
Southern House Spiders	Spined Micarathena	Spider Tats
Spitting Spiders	Steatoda	Tailless Whip Scorpions
Tarantulas	Trapdoor Spiders	Venusta Orchard Spiders
Wandering Spiders	White Tailed Spiders	Widow Spiders
Wolf Spiders	Woodlouse Hunters	Yellow & Broad faced Sac Spiders

Goldenrod Spiders

Other Crab Spiders

CRAB SPIDERS - GENERAL
23 December, 2009: Hi there, I hope you can help me, I couldn't figure out how to post this on the forum, so I'm trying my luck here. Yesterday I put up my christmas tree, it's a pine tree, and this morning I found this spider on my counter, had made himself a nice little home in my tupperware container,so I'm assuming he came in on my christmas tree, I'm fairly certain its a type or garden orb, but I would REALLY like to know for sure and possibly get a positive specific ID? I'm in South Africa, we get plenty of garden orbs around all the time, but I've never seen anything like this guy before, and I've searched the internet flat today but can't find anything. Please help. Kind Regards, Jenna Click for a larger view	Reply: Members of the genus Heriaeus (spiky grass crab spider) are covered with long setae giving them a spiny appearance. They are associated with grass seeds. Twisted grass blades and grass seeds are bunched together by the grass dwellers with silk threads and used as retreats or to deposit the egg sacs.
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11 December, 2009: This spider was AWESOME.

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2 December, 2009: Found this awesome crab spider striking a pose for the camera!MC Click for a larger view
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16 November, 2009: I HOPE YOU CAN USE SOME OF MY PICTURES ON YOUR WEBSITE! MC Click for a larger view
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2 November, 2009: Thank You! Perhaps you can help me out with something else. I have been keeping tabs on this little spider that is fascinating me. I have been watching it catch flies and a lot of other little behaviours. Today, I noticed another little spider on the belly of my white spider and wondered if it was a normal behaviour for other spiders to sit on each other or if this is actually an offspring. What do you think? Katherine Click for a larger view.


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26 October, 2009: Hi, I found this spider in my back yard and am curious what kind it is. Could you tell me? Thanks, Katherine Click for a larger view.

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21 September, 2009: Taylor and Tim caught a yellow crab spider - Liz, Tim, Taylor and Gabrielle Click for a larger view.
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5 September, 2009: Payson, Arizona, USA, Aug 2009 Great website !! Please use photos to show. Lorien




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23 August, 2009: Hello. Perhaps you might be interested in a few of my photos to add to your collection. They are, perhaps, nothing spectacular, but they are a bit different. I'll try to describe them in the order of attachment - Live spiders, all from Ann Arbor, MI, USA - a crab spider. Yours sincerely, David Click for a larger view.
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26 July, 2009: I found this guy hunting on top of a daisy in Olympia, WA (Pacific Northwest) lastMonday, July 13th, 2009. Took some three hundred pics with my macro lens. I think it is a crab spider. I caught him trying to catch all kids of prey, some successfully, and some not quite so. Devin
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26 July, 2009: Hi, I keep finding these spiders in my house; could you please help me identify them? I would just like to be certain they're not brown recluses. Their behavior doesn't seem to fit, as I have seen these spiders marching right across the bathroom floor when the lights had been on for some time. I usually do see them at night, but still in open and brightly lit areas. I have four pictures, two of each spider. One of them has already been squished, sorry. It startled me. The other one reminds me a bit of a crab. Both are pretty small, less than the size of a dime. I live in central Oklahoma. Any help in identifying these would certainly help me sleep easier! Thanks! Julie

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6 May, 2009: here is that photo
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2 December, 2008: This is about 1" top to btm. Found in Indiana any ideas?
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2 December, 2008: Hi Glen, I found this spider in my garden. Look the eye pattern, two rows, four eye in each row. This spider is a bit smaller than a brown recluse. See ya. Click for a larger view.

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21 October, 2008: I found this one on my car in Los Angeles! Can't find any pictures anywhere online, & have never seen one here before
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20 October, 2008: Hello, I am from northern ontario and I found these guys on the outside of my tent this fall. I was wondering if you could identify these lil beauties :) Thanks, Jody Click for a larger view.

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12 October, 2008: He's such a vivid green that he caught the flash so I never got it quite right and I had tormented him quite enough for one day so I just settled for some ok shots. Cathy Click for a larger view.



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26 September, 2008: Hey mate, My names Glen, we found this little guy outside my fiancee's house the other night in south western Sydney. It was a warm night, but he was on the top of the house away from the garden - never seen any spider with such bright colouring like this - do you know what it is? Google took me to the Green Lynx Spider but couldn't find his specimen listed - he glows really bright underneath the flash of the camera - I thought it was a good idea to use red eye reduction on the little guy seeing as he was looking intently at me with all eight of his eyes.... Hope this is interesting, Glen


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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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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 Click for a larger view.

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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 Click for a larger view.
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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 Click for a larger view.

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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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27 July, 2007: Glen, I thought you might be able to use these on your site. Rick Miller Click for a larger view.

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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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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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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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14 October, 2006: Hi. My wife found this while putting out the trash. Is this a Goldenrod / crab spider spider ? We live in Lakewood California near Los Angles. Photo taken 10/11/2006 Thanks, Dwayne
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18 September, 2006: Glen, 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	Click to see the full photo.
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6 August, 2006: Spider mabey? It was eating a baby wasp or something along that line
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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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Reply: Looks like a crab/flower spider. 6 November, 2005: Hi Glen, A couple from England for you. Regards, Edwin Click for a larger view.

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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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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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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	Click for a larger view.
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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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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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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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