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Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

84,374 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 231, February 237, March 375, April 734, May 1,409, June 1,149, July 1,457, August 841, September 473, October 387, November 242, December 216.
United States46,980
Canada16,754
Ontario5,833
France4,620
Germany4,444
Russia4,118
British Columbia4,055
Washington3,574
United Kingdom3,471
England3,322

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyCrab Spiders · Thomisidae
GenusFlower Crab Spiders · Misumena

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