Biggest Crab Spider To Date!!

This is the biggest one I've spotted Ever. Only one shot was possible, This one made the rest I've found look small in comparison. hope you like.

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Menacing! I like it!

How big was she Rick? Crab spiders really love to give you hugs lol!!! Beautiful specimen, glad you nailed this one shot, since it was all of the chance that you got. Did she jump or go hiding after you took this shot?

Dave

if i knew something like that was lurking about in the flowers i wouldn't go in my garden... nice capture!!

Thanks for the kind words, from leg tip to leg tip, I would say almost 2 inches. a monster in Crab Spider terms. it was actually shy.

Wonderful capture BE- sure looks big
Brian V.

Wow.......that's big......2"?? What a great capture! I have yet to find one.....maybe starting with a tiny one would make me happy

looks like a biggn, hard to tell just how big it is because I'm not familiar with that flower, 2 inch leg span is huge. I've only spotted two of these white crab spiders outside of books and they were so small that they could easily hide under a single petal of the daisies I found them hunting on, just big enough to catch fly's.

Thanks all, I was actually shocked to find one this big. and careful about approaching it.

2"!!!!! Holy $hit Batman! I'd have been running if I'd seen it. That's freakin huge!!! Bloody hell. I've never heard of a Crab Spider getting that large before either, must be some sort of record.

Dave

Thanks Dave, I was too shocked to do much more than try to get a decent shot of it. Then it left. I will try to find him again, shouldnt be too hard to spot.

Shock isn't the word. That's HUGE. I just hope you don't see a wild Tarantula, cos it'll be like 3' in diameter! Whatever they're feeding them in SD, be careful lol.

Dave