Misumena vatia

Tags: Arachnid.

Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider with holarctic distribution. In North America where it is the largest and best-known flower spider it is called the goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider because it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays in the autumn.Young males in the early summer may be quite small and easily overlooked but females can grow up to 10 mm (excluding legs); males reach 5 mm at most.

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binomial authority

Carl Alexander Clerck

class

Arachnid

family

Crab spider

genus

Flower crab spider

kingdom

Animal

order

Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

Aranea 4-lineata, Aranea albonigricans, Aranea calicina, Aranea calycina, Aranea citrea, Aranea citrina, Aranea cretata, Aranea hasselquistii, Aranea kleinii, Aranea osbekii, Aranea quinquepuncata, Aranea scorpiformis, Aranea sulphereoglobosa, Aranea sulphurea, Aranea uddmanni, Aranea virginea, Araneus vatius, Misumena calycina, Misumena citrea, Misumena oblonga, Misumena occidentalis, Misumenops vatia, Pachyptile devia, Thomisus calycinus, Thomisus citreus, Thomisus cucurbitinus, Thomisus dauci, Thomisus devius, Thomisus fartus, Thomisus phrygiatus, Thomisus pratensis, Thomisus quadrilineatus, Thomisus scorpiformis, Thomisus spinipes, Thomisus vatius, Thomisus viridis