This is a breed of the ‘flower spiders’ (so-called because they generally hunt in similarly coloured flowers for visitors such as bees and flies) Misumenops asperatus is a much smaller nearctic relative of the better-known Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia). Howell (2004) provides the following diagnosic/identifying characteristics: M. asperatus is distinguished from Misumenoides and Misumena in that the carapace adbomen and legs are distinctively covered with numerous short stiff spines.
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