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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Spiders and Harvestmen (Arachnida) of the FWG >> Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) > Northern crab spider (Mecaphesa sp.)
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06-OCT-2009 Christine Hanrahan

Northern crab spider (Mecaphesa sp.)

This is another crab spider, also very tiny, but in a different genus from the more familiar goldenrod crab spider.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/250s f/2.8 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Don23-Sep-2013 21:56
Great macro - detail, colour and composition.
Fabienne19-Feb-2013 23:07

Elle s'accroche vraiment bien au pétale, quelle belle macro.
Marcia Colelli29-Jan-2013 00:05
Wonderful find. Great details of this amazing looking spider V
slhoornstra07-Oct-2009 03:10
A magnificent capture, it seems the spiders legs are translucent taking on the color of the petal. Big Vote
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