ARACHNIDS: Crab Spiders

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COMMON NAME:	Crab spider with prey and beetle
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	10/02/2004
Location:	Ramsey Canyon, Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod crab spider, female
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	9/22/2002
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab spider
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/2000
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment: Flower Crab Spider, with prey (or Yellow Crab Spider - Misumenoides formicipes)

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod crab spider, on flower
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	07/07/2001
Location:	Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab spider
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	5/2001
Location:	Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Tiny yellow spider on rosebud
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	6/2001
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab spider
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	9/2001
Location:	Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Small crab spider on pink flower
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/2001
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab spider with extra-long arms
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	7/2001
Location:	Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Giant Crab Spider, female
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae (Heteropodidae?)
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Olios giganteus/fasciculatus
Date:	8/2000
Location:	Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Giant Crab Spider
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae (Heteropodidae?)
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Olios giganteus
Date:	12/2000
Location:	Kaua'i, HI

Comment: Spider finishing off prey in McDonald's parking lot ^2.

COMMON NAME:	Crab spider with very long arms
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	7/5/2003
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenron crab spider, female, with prey: progressive bee fly
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	9/22/2002
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab spider
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	9/22/2002
Location:	Parker Canyon Lake, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab Spider with Variegated Fritillary
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	10/20/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab Spider with bee
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	10/20/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab Spider with small bee fly (Lordotus spp.)
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	10/20/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab Spider with Tropical Least Skipper, Ancyloxypha arena
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	10/13/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod Crab Spider with bee fly (Bombylius spp.)
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	10/13/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod Crab Spider with tiny moth
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	10/13/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod Crab Spider and Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	10/13/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod Crab Spider and Tiny Checkerspot (Dymasia dymas)
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	10/13/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod Crab Spider and Common/White Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	10/20/2002
Location:	Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Crab spider with progressive bee fly
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	.
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	.
Date:	??/??/2003
Location:	Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ

Comment:

COMMON NAME:	Goldenrod Crab Spider
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Aranea
Family:	Thomisidae
Sub-family:	.
Genus:	.
Species:	Misumena vatia
Date:	9/2/2002
Location:	Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ

Comment: