Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Thomisidae (Crab spiders)

Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)

Veränderliche Krabbenspinne Goldenrod Crab Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Misumena citrea georgiensis (Walckenaer, 1837) | Misumena modesta Banks, 1898 | Misumena occidentalis Kulczynski, 1911 | Misumena phrygiata (Walckenaer, 1837) | Misumena personata Simon, 1916 |

  • Misumena vatia, male 3775
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-04-23 14:43:40
    Image number: 3775
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2005-04-23 14:43:40
  • Misumena vatia + Eupeodes corollae, with pray 3802
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia + Eupeodes corollae, with pray
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-08-12 12:32:14
    Image number: 3802
    with pray
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-08-12 12:32:14
  • Misumena vatia + Eupeodes corollae, with pray 3803
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia + Eupeodes corollae, with pray
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-08-12 12:34:33
    Image number: 3803
    with pray
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-08-12 12:34:33
  • Misumena vatia, female 3805
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-06-17 10:08:41
    Image number: 3805
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-06-17 10:08:41
  • Misumena vatia, female 3539
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-06-26 11:56:37
    Image number: 3539
    female
    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-06-26 11:56:37
  • Misumena vatia, female 4738
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-07-09 08:48:29
    Image number: 4738
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-07-09 08:48:29
  • Misumena vatia, female 3762
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2004-05-30 12:34:29
    Image number: 3762
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2004-05-30 12:34:29
  • Misumena vatia, female 3684
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi; 2008-08-27 09:42:17
    Image number: 3684
    female
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi
    2008-08-27 09:42:17
  • Misumena vatia, female with prey 3776
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-06-04 14:03:44
    Image number: 3776
    female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2005-06-04 14:03:44
  • Misumena vatia, female with prey 3760
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-06-20 10:12:04
    Image number: 3760
    female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-06-20 10:12:04
  • Misumena vatia, female with prey 3761
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-06-20 10:12:36
    Image number: 3761
    female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-06-20 10:12:36
  • Misumena vatia, female 3579
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-21 11:05:28
    Image number: 3579
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-21 11:05:28
  • Misumena vatia, female 9852
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-04-23 11:53:14
    Image number: 9852
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-04-23 11:53:14
  • Misumena vatia, female with prey 9853
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-04-23 11:52:59
    Image number: 9853
    female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-04-23 11:52:59
  • Misumena vatia, female with prey 9854
    Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)  Veränderliche Krabbenspinne  Goldenrod Crab Spider 
    Misumena vatia, female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-04-23 11:51:50
    Image number: 9854
    female with prey
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-04-23 11:51:50

Further vernacular names:
Flower (Crab) Spider
Distribution:
North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  3. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  4. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.
  5. Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Robert Bosmans, Daniel Gloor, Ambros Hänggi & Christian Kropf: araneae Spinnen Europas