![]() The male is darker over all: the carapace is a red to reddish brown with a white spot in the middle ascending to the eye area. The female is light colored - the carapace and legs are white or yellow with darker sides, and sometimes dark reddish markings on the abdomen. Females are 6 to 9 mm long, males are smaller: 3 to 4 mm. The first two pairs of legs are larger than the hind legs and held open - the spider uses them to grab its prey. ![]() ![]() M.vatia resembles a crab, for its body is short, wide, and flattened. This type of spider is terrestrial and is known to be found on fences, vegetation, and on flowers like trillium, white fleabane, white flower, and goldenrod. Crab spiders occur all around the world, but Misumena vatia is only found in North America and Europe (Anaconda II 1998 Kaston and Kaston 1956)
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