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Page Last Updated: May 27 2010
Goldenrod Crab Spider (female) on Queen Anne's Lace - approx. 8 mm - Leslie Spit - August 2009
Goldenrod Crab Spider (female) - approx. 8 mm
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: Misumena (Flower Crab Spiders)
Species: Vatia
Goldenrod Crab Spider (female with prey) on Queen Anne's Lace - approx. 8 mm - Leslie Spit - August 2009
Goldenrod Crab Spider (female) - approx. 8 mm
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: Misumena (Flower Crab Spiders)
Species: Vatia
The Goldenrod Crab Spider can gradually change its
colour to match its host plant.
colour to match its host plant.
Goldenrod Crab Spider (female with prey) on Queen Anne's Lace - approx. 8 mm - Leslie Spit - August 2009
Goldenrod Crab Spider (female) - approx. 8 mm
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: Misumena (Flower Crab Spiders)
Species: Vatia
The Goldenrod Crab Spider can gradually change its
colour to match its host plant
colour to match its host plant
Xysticus Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body - Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek) - May 2008
Xysticus Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
Species: Elegans
? Crab Spider - approx. 7 mm body - Etobicoke Creek - August 2007
? Crab Spider - approx. 7 mm body
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Northern Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body - Etobicoke Creek - September 2007
Northern Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: Misumenops
Species: Asperatus
6 species
More Xysticus Crab Spiders
Updated September 3 2009
Xysticus Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body - Kortright Centre for Conservation - July 2009
Xysticus Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
Species: ?
Xysticus Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2010
Xysticus Crab Spider - approx. 1 cm body
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus: Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)