I hadn't seen one of these guys ever (that I was aware of) so I wondered
about distribution. Unfortunately, Wiki says there are 170 genera and
more than 2,000 species distributed pretty much everywhere in the world
except the arctic regions. I think I won't bother trying to ID this
one. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Crawford wrote:
> Crab Spiders are really cool. They sit inside flowers and most of them can
> actually change color and sometimes even pattern to match the look of the
> flower upon which it is sitting at the moment. Instead of catching bugs in a
> sticky web, the Crab Spider sits in the flower and waits for an insect to
> visit the flower. Bees and lots of other bugs like to come to flowers for
> nectar or pollen, and when one comes in, the spider, hidden by his new
> color, attacks!
>
> I've seen lots of photos of them in books about spiders, but have only seen
> one in real life. I had just assumed they don't live in the area I do, until
> 2 yrs ago I saw one on a flower in my grandmother's backyard.
>
>
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