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Genus Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)

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Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)

On buckwheat flower

Male

Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)

Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)

On outside wall of house. body length 4 mm.

jlr2018: Three pair of spines on ventral side of tibia I, pointy (rather than spatulate) setae on abdomen.

Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
On front porch. ~ 5 mm
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
At the base of the spruce stump. 4 mm
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
With honeybee prey and a couple of flies hanging around
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
BugGuide ID: Prey - Halictus female