Crab Spider (Thomisidae) on a daisy from Cooper Mountain Nature Park in Oregon
This spider was found on a bush sunflower during a Sustainable Sundays bug hunt.
Earth Day Flower Count with rangers and volunteers in the Rancho de Guadalupe Area.
Crab spiders or Thomisidae family of the Araneae order. They are called crab spiders because they resemble crabs, with two front pairs of legs angled outward and bodies that are flattened and often angular. Also, like crabs, Thomisidae can move sideways or backward.
