Flower of Jatropha integerrima (peregrina) with a crab spider in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, June 28, 2008
Purple clematis (leatherflower, Clematis pitcheri) with a crab spider near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
Disk-shaped abdomen of crab spider (crablike spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha elipsoides) on its net in Lick Creek Park, on Iron Bridge Trail. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2008
Ventral view of Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) on yankeeweed (Eupatorium compositifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2010
Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) on yankeeweed (Eupatorium compositifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2010
Mexican gold poppy (Eschscholzia mexicana) with a crab spider in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2011
Crab spider on a white flower of bull nettle in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 4, 2009
Flower crab spider (Misumenops celer(?)) eating a skipper butterfly on a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 30, 2009
Crab spider on a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
Crab like spider in a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2009
Crab spider eating a honey bee in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, July 28, 2011
Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) on yellow daisy in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 7, 2010
Crab spider on Firecracker Shrub (Mexican Firebush, Hamelia patens) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2009
Crab spider with a honey bee in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, July 28, 2011
Crab spider on a thistle Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2014
Crab spider on dayflower (Commelina) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
Crab spider on flowers of late-flowering boneset in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2021
Crab spider (spinybacked orb weaver) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
Crab spider on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
Crab spider on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2021
Slender vervain (verbena) with a crab spider when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 28, 2024
Stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) with a crab spider both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
