swift crab spider
(Mecaphesa celer)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | NNR - Unranked |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Female Body Length: ¼″ Male Body Length: ⅛″ |
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| Class | Arachnida (arachnids) | ||
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Araneae (spiders) | ||
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Araneomorphae (typical spiders) | ||
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Thomisoidea (crab and running crab spiders) | ||
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Thomisidae (crab spiders) | ||
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Mecaphesa | ||
This species was formerly classified as Misumenops celer. Most species in the genus Misumenops, including this one, were moved into the genus Mecaphesa in 2008. |
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swift crab spider (Mecaphesa celer celer) swift crab spider (Mecaphesa celer olivacea) swift crab spider (Mecaphesa celer punctata) |
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Misumenops celer |
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common flower crab spider swift crab spider |
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| Mecaphesa Moving Eyes Joseph T Lapp |
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About
Published on May 24, 2013 Jumping spiders and crab spiders are among the few spiders that can move their "main" eyes. The main eyes of an eight-eyed spider are the anterior middle two eyes. Here you see the main eyes of an adult male Mecaphesa celer moving. Spiders don't have ball-and-socket eyes like we do. Instead they just move their retinas. Crab spiders make images with these moving eyes, but the images are in focus only at about a centimeter. Most Mecaphesa celer are pale yellow or tan in color. The green abdomen makes this one unusual. Some young (elementary school) arachnologists found this spider in a patch of ragweed during a program I was conducting in Austin, Texas, on May 23, 2013. It has a body length of 3mm, or just under 1/8 inch. |
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| Dan W. Andree 7/7/2022 |
Location: Frenchman’s Bluff SNA, Norman Co. Mn. |
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