18 November 2013
Posted by Callan Bentley
Good Monday to you!
Here’s a crab spider, perched on a threaded screw that’s part of a baby gate on our porch:
A closer look:
I like crab spiders. As with jumping spiders, I don’t find them especially heebie-jeebie-inducing.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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The only thing cuter than a crab spider is a wolf spider.
a very nice specimen. If you want Macro macrobugs, look at spider-crabs.