Northern Crab Spider

Ah, more petit four lime green arthropods from the National honey bee research station that the MAGLEV will destroy if it goes through. This one is the Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata) the first record for Prince George's County, This crab spider provides a little floral surprise. It tucks into flowers and when visitors come to the nectar bar for a quick drink, nabs them and juices them up with venom, often taking down insects quite a bit larger than they are. Imagine if something like that lurked around your neighborhood bar! Photo by Adam Grima. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking: www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World: www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/... Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840

Ah, more petit four lime green arthropods from the National honey bee research station that the MAGLEV will destroy if it goes through. This one is the Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata) the first record for Prince George's County, This crab spider provides a little floral surprise. It tucks into flowers and when visitors come to the nectar bar for a quick drink, nabs them and juices them up with venom, often taking down insects quite a bit larger than they are. Imagine if something like that lurked around your neighborhood bar! Photo by Adam Grima. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking: www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World: www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/... Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840

Description: English: Arachtober 28 -4 - Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asaperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 28 October 2016, 08:51:10. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/29999969134/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia. Date: 26 August 2014, 04:56:28. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/15432940129/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. I'm not sure if the spider is aware that there is an insect (potential prey) lurking in the background. Date: 14 September 2015, 15:49:36. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/29893073913/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 30 September 2014, 06:25:08. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/15248826409/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata and Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos, Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, Aden, Virginia. Date: 9 May 2013, 17:22:24. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8729187720/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Day 306 - Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia. Date: 2 November 2015, 16:42:11. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/22717204402/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider, Mecaphesa asperata - Julie Metz Wetlands, Virginia. Date: 17 October 2011, 15:39:12. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/6256409816/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider and babies - Mecaphesa asperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 27 June 2012, 16:35:05. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/7458066284/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata with Frit Fly - Chlorops species, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 24 September 2013, 17:13:01. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/10338130724/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Lying in wait, Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Felda, Florida. Bee and Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata. Date: 5 May 2013, 12:13:38. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8716505482/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 2 September 2013, 13:52:27. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/10531879275/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Sub-adult female Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847) (Syn.: Misumenops asperatus) taken in low-light conditions. Diagnosic trichobothria can be seen on the legs and carapace. Abdomen markings (though blurry) are noted in the lateral red-brown coloration. Date: 21 February 2013, 13:03:49. Source: Own work. Author: AlaskaDave.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia The way the spider's colors exactly match the leaf is amazing. Date: 24 September 2013, 16:59:11. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/10097830645/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern crab spider Mecaphesa asperata on a flower stem. Date: 16 August 2020. Source: Own work. Author: WanderingMogwai.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Virginia. Date: 1 October 2011, 12:42:38. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/6733619671/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Yarrow - Achillea millefolium with Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, Aden, Virginia. trying not to be seen. Is anyone out there old enough to remember a Monty Python skit by that name?. Date: 10 June 2014, 06:22:11. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/14395476635/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider with prey - Mecaphesa asperata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia. This spider is having ant for lunch, but it may be followed by aphid for dessert. Date: 26 September 2014, 05:08:06. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/15256549140/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata and prey, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 24 September 2016, 10:11:32. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/29977529293/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia. Date: 28 September 2015, 15:58:10. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/22628956186/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 25 September 2012, 17:26:01. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8099403427/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata and prey, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia. Date: 27 July 2014, 01:23:21. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/14929108624/. Author: Judy Gallagher.

Description: English: Northern Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina. Date: 18 August 2012, 12:06:58. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/7820089022/. Author: Judy Gallagher.