- Crab Spiders in Alaska includes a selection of photos I have taken throughout the State.
- For information about these spiders look at Charlotte without a web (crab spiders) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans
- For information on the impact of Crab Spiders on Flowers look at Crab spiders impact floral-signal evolution
indirectly through removal of florivores - To learn about a male crab spider that is common in Alaska look at THE ROLES OF PREY AND FLOWER QUALITY IN THE
CHOICE OF HUNTING SITES BY ADULT MALE CRAB SPIDERS MISUMENA VATIA (ARANEAE, THOMISIDAE) - The video clip showing a crab spider capturing a fly and a beetle was reviewed by Derek Sikes: Female crab spider (Thomisidae: Misumena vatia) & a soldier beetle (Cantharidae). Soft bodied beetles like this one often have chemical defenses, perhaps the spider thought it distasteful!
