Hidden Spider

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I was chatting with a friend, deadheading waning autumn flowers. My eye caught something bright atop one of the dead blooms, a fallen curled up petal? No - this amazing creature. Not your typical brown/black spider but BRIGHT canary yellow, not quite 2 cm across. Has anyone else seen one in their garden?

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420722
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Sep 20, 2017 01:08 PM
Hidden Spider

My guess is a white banded crab spider and I've never seen one in person! What a beautiful creature.

ACF
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Sep 21, 2017 05:08 PM
Hidden Spider

Is the spider on the photo of the yellow daisy? I sure can't see it! (Great camouflage?)

SDG
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Sep 22, 2017 12:20 PM
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Thanks 420722. I found it on this website. And it even shows it on the same flower I saw it on.
http://www.spiders.us/species/misumenoides-formosipes/
Cool!!

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