Brown Crab Spider

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Brown Crab Spider Nov 15, 2021 1:16:19 GMT jackscrap and pontiac1940 like this

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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 15, 2021 1:16:19 GMT

Brown Crab Spider (Mecaphesa spp.) (as best I can determine)

These spiders are often green, yellow, red, or brown.

The brown ones are often mistaken for Brown Recluse.

www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Crab-Spider-Mecaphesa

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomisidae

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecaphesa

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I could have done better with a more cooperative subject.

I have read that some people catch such things and poke them in the freezer for a bit to make them easier to pose and photograph; I just try and get them on the run.

Leg tip to leg tip = about the size of a Lincoln cent.

18-55mm lens at 55mm with 44mm of extension tube.

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On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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Brown Crab Spider Nov 15, 2021 2:12:38 GMT hmca, BuckSkin, and 1 more like this

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Post by jackscrap on Nov 15, 2021 2:12:38 GMT

Interesting looking spider, no fangs I take it. When I clicked on one of your wikipedia references, the second one I think, I saw a spider called a 'bird dropping spider', we occasionally have those in our garden, they do look like a bird dropping, and are also crablike. Usually found in the roses with their cluster of egg sacs.

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Brown Crab Spider Nov 15, 2021 4:00:36 GMT

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Nov 15, 2021 2:12:38 GMT jackscrap said:

Usually found in the roses with their cluster of egg sacs.

That is most interesting.

So, are the big round balls in the web the egg sacs ?

As for the Bird Dropping Spiders, although I don't think I have ever seen one, but then I may have seen many and mistaken them for their namesake, I am certain that if the locals around here are aware of such a spider, they will call it by a different name.

As for my spider, on hindsight, I wish I had scooped him up and placed him on a table or countertop and herded him around so as to get a low angle face shot.

Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7

On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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Brown Crab Spider Nov 15, 2021 8:25:30 GMT BuckSkin likes this

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Post by jackscrap on Nov 15, 2021 8:25:30 GMT

I’ve never seen any spiderlings come out of these round sacs, but I’m fairly certain that’s what they are. I didn’t think I should say what we really call them, but birdsh#t spider does have a better ring to it, don’t you think....

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Brown Crab Spider Nov 15, 2021 9:09:32 GMT

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Nov 15, 2021 8:25:30 GMT jackscrap said:

I’ve never seen any spiderlings come out of these round sacs, but I’m fairly certain that’s what they are. I didn’t think I should say what we really call them, but birdsh#t spider does have a better ring to it, don’t you think....

It does roll off the tongue easier.

I guess the nosy in me would prevail and I would have to cut open one of those sacs.

Last Edit: Nov 15, 2021 18:03:43 GMT by BuckSkin

Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7

On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

jackscrap Senior Contributor Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,218 Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes	Brown Crab Spider Nov 15, 2021 10:06:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jackscrap on Nov 15, 2021 10:06:40 GMT I’ll get the scalpel sharpened for the next time I find them, don’t hold your breath...
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