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02-09-2010, 03:28 PM
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| | | Spider ID very well camouflaged!
Hello
Is this a crab white spider? Has got green stripes - for camouflage or go faster stripes?! 
Many thanks
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02-09-2010, 04:29 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID very well camouflaged!
Yes, it's the crab spider, Misumena vatia, which can be quite variable in colour. I particularly like the yellow ones! |
02-09-2010, 07:55 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID very well camouflaged!
I found a stripy one today also! 
That's my fifth colour variation.
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03-09-2010, 08:24 AM
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Thank you
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03-09-2010, 08:34 AM
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| | | Re: Spider ID very well camouflaged!
I understand they can change colour to adapt to whatever plant/flower they are living in/on. |
03-09-2010, 08:46 AM
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| | | Re: Spider ID very well camouflaged!
The stripy one is not a colour variation, it's a male ;-)
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03-09-2010, 10:43 AM
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Are the males always striped, then? The body shape is slimmer, so all my others must have been females! Fascinating little creatures.
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03-09-2010, 11:01 AM
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Yes, males are a bit harder to find, I think. I found several females, but never a male :-(
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03-09-2010, 12:20 PM
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Thanks frits, that's a new fact for today! I expect you'll find one soon!
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