Northern crab spider ( Mecaphesa asperata ), female by larose forest photos


27-AUG-2012	Christine Hanrahan

One of the very small crab spiders, at about 5.5 mm. This one was found on a sumac gall (the gall itself caused by aphids).

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/400s f/2.8 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

teachpeace		31-Aug-2012 14:40
Facinating little guy.

slhoornstra		31-Aug-2012 10:16
a nice little spider, great shot!! V

Ann Pettigrew		31-Aug-2012 01:55
I'm glad you told us what she is perched on because I never would have known. Neat spider!

Carl Carbone		31-Aug-2012 01:42
She looks like she's been working out! :-)

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