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arachtober.bsky.social
Happy Fly Day Friday! - #Arachtober 31
Crab Spider (Genus Mecaphesa)
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Freeloader Flies (Family Milichiidae)
Southern Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago mexicana)

#FlyDayFriday #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #insect #insectphotography
Macro photography of a crab spider eating a bee with flies.
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
jencross.bsky.social
Lil crabber wrapping up a snack. Many species of crab spider hang around flowers waiting for unsuspecting prey. This spider picked a marvelous flower to call home and it’s one of my favorite spidey photos. #Arachtober
Northern Crab Spider
(Mecaphesa asperata)
October 10, 2024 at 10:39 PM
toxicoradica.bsky.social
🌸 tennessee coneflower 🌿
Echinacea tennesseensis

#nativeplants #flowerreport
a composite flower with a dozen or so hot pink ray florets surrounding a cone of dozens of brown disk florets. around a dozen and a half of the disks spaced roughly equally around the outside series of disks in the cone are blooming, growing fused stamen tubes capped with bright yellow anthers. a few of the disks on the puter series are showing their bifurcated & curling red styles. a handful of ants are crawling around the petals. a tennessee coneflower with hot pink rays and green+red disks facing to the upper left. a few green, hairy bracts poke out from behind the rays, and the flowerhead is supported by a thick green stem covered in white hairs. the back sides of the rays are also kinda hairy. a swift crab spider (Mecaphesa celer) sitting right on the cone of this flower; this female is bright lemon yellow and quite large! particularly in comparison to the male spider hanging upside-down onto one of the rays just behind her. this little guy is light brown with darker brown spots. tennessee coneflower growing in its only natural habitat, the limestone cedar glades of the nashville basin in middle tennessee. one hot pink flowerhead is in full bloom, standing erect on a tall hairy stem; another is rearing up & getting ready to go. they basal rosettes of long, thin, & hairy green leaves, which also occasionally occur though sparsely on the flower stems especially closer to the ground. the coneflowers are growing in a little green patch within a larger expanse of gray gravel & fieldstones.
June 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
barghestblack.bsky.social
Probably both Mecaphesa something
June 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
braysher.bsky.social
Mecaphesa asperata, the northern crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae, found in North and Central America, and the Caribbean. It is a species of the ‘flower spiders’, so-called because they generally hunt in similarly coloured flowers for visitors such as bees and flies.
August 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dogofthedesert.bsky.social
As a Mexican hat (Ratibida columnifera) awaits small pollinating insects, a crab spider (Mecaphesa sp.) also waits. Photo taken at Tijeras Pueblo on June 20, 2025.

#nature #naturephotography #flowers #wildflowers #spider
A flower in the Aster family, with a tall green central column partly studded with tiny individual flowers. Red rays with yellow edges ("petals") surround the base of the column. A mostly green crab spider blends in well with the upper half of the central flower column.
June 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
dudefromearth.bsky.social
7-5-25
Crab Spider
(Mecaphesa dubia)
Texas A&M University
Corpus Christi, TX

#tx #texas #CorpusChristi #nikon #nature #nikond7500 #entomology #arachnid #tamucc #spider #crabspider #Mecaphesa #entomologyphotography #Entelegynae #Araneomorphae #Araneae #Arthropods #Arthropoda
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
atxdca.bsky.social
Mecaphesa, I think - I love finding crabs in the garden -
#Arachtober #spider
October 1, 2024 at 12:27 PM
jencross.bsky.social
Now that I have the fisheye macro working it's just practice, practice, practice and making tweaks with that kit and my regular macro kit before heading to South America later this year. Can't forget regular macro can produce beautiful and compelling shots!
Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
A crab spider on a purple flower
June 10, 2023 at 11:27 PM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
#Arachtober Mecaphesa Crab Spider delicately balances on the stigmas of a dandelion flower.

#inverts #becurious Mecaphesa Crab Spider delicately balances on the stigmas of a dandelion flower.
macro photo of an orange and white Mecaphesa Crab Spider delicately balances on the stigmas of a dandelion flower. She is facing right about 1/4 away from camera
October 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
atxdca.bsky.social
A Mecaphesa crab spider in a hibiscus bud -
#Arachtober #Invertebrates
A crab spider is lurking in a hibiscus bud
October 2, 2024 at 12:11 PM
amagpiesnest.bsky.social
Mecaphesa (Crab Spider) w/ bee prey, Aug '25
Minnesota Valley NWR, Bloomington, MN
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
endangeredartbooks.com
Made a nature friend at lunch today!
A tiny green and brown crab spider - maybe a Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)? - on the edge of a picnic table
August 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
josephtlapp.bsky.social
I spent several years working to ID Mecaphesa crab spiders from color pattern and in the process learned that color patterns significantly overlap between species, though there are some patterns that are reliable within certain regions. I don't think the work has been done for Xysticus.
January 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
atxdca.bsky.social
A Mecaphesa crab spider hanging out on a purslane flower. Always happy to find one of these little beauties in the garden -
#Invertebrates #spiders #macrophotography #arachnids
An orange and white Mecaphesa crab spider is perched on a yellow purslane flower in afternoon sunlight
November 12, 2024 at 5:49 PM
atxdca.bsky.social
Nothing makes my day like finding a crab spider in the garden...
#spider #invertebrates #macrophotography
An orange and white Mecaphesa (I think) crab spider is perched in a group of white lantana flowers. Austin, Texas November 18, 2024
November 18, 2024 at 10:12 PM
myriada-dhernandez.bsky.social
Crab Spider (𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘢 Keyserling, 1880).
Val Verde County, TX, US.
August 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
arachtober.bsky.social
Crab Spider (Mecaphesa)
Cross-eyed stereo pair image. If you cross your eyes to view it, you can see a 3D image.
#spider #macro #stereography #stereophotography #stereopair #macrophotography #arachnid #wildlife #naturephotography
Stereo 3D macro photo of a Crab Spider on Tropical Milkweed Flower.
November 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM
atxdca.bsky.social
It's that little crab spider on the white lantana again - a cooperative subject...
#spider #macrophotography #invertebrates
A small orange and white crab spider, maybe Mecaphesa, is sitting on a white lantana flower with a dark background.
November 21, 2024 at 8:07 PM
groundgazer.bsky.social
arachnid found climbing on my pants (non-derogatory)
Mecaphesa sp. It’s been a great year for Holocarpha virgata and these guys are taking full advantage!
August 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
jencross.bsky.social
A male crab spider waits to give a an unsuspecting pollinator a hug. Crab spiders don't build webs, while some will wander to catch prey most species are ambush predators. 🧪🌿 #invertebrate #arachtober
Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
A light tan spider with brown markings. He has long powerful front legs for catching prey. The spider is standing on the petals of a purple flower.
October 9, 2023 at 11:17 PM
atxdca.bsky.social
A Mecaphesa crab spider on a daisy, with a victim -
#InverteFest #invertebrates
A Mecaphesa sp. crab spider is sitting on a daisy, with a victim - Austin, TX October 27, 2023
April 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM
atxdca.bsky.social
Crab spider, Mecaphesa I think, on top of a hibiscus bush. I love finding crab spiders in the garden -

#spider #crabspider #macrophotography #nature
A Mecaphesa crab spider is sitting on top of a hibiscus bush, with a dark background. It's light brown with dark brown spots, and four eyes showing
December 3, 2024 at 9:47 PM
jencross.bsky.social
I'm still looking for submissions for the Entomology Society calendar. The calendar is Insects of the World so they only take one arachnid, but I'm still loving this shot as a candidate. Little crabbers wrapping up some take out.
Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
A small yellow and brown crab spider on a purple flower. He has a ball in front of his mouthparts, presumably prey.
April 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM
atxdca.bsky.social
This little crab spider was wandering around the new foliage in a rose bush -
#crabspider #spider #naturephotography #macrophotography #Mecaphesa
A Mecaphesa crab spider is perched on the tip of a new leaf in a rose bush against a blurred background
April 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM