{"id":17045,"date":"2026-04-15T08:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=17045"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:28:35","slug":"whitebanded-crab-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/whitebanded-crab-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitebanded Crab Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greetings, BugFans,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BugLady loves crab spiders, so she\u2019s been thrilled to find two, new (to her) species in the last few years.\u00a0One, the Whitebanded crab spider, is in the family Thomisidae, a family of, well, crab-shaped spiders, many of whom make their living on flower tops, and many of whom, in the genera\u00a0<em>Misumena, Misumenoides, and Misumenops\u00a0<\/em>(<em>Mecaphesa<\/em>), can be tricky to ID. We\u2019ll meet the other one next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitebanded crab spiders (<em>Misumenoides formosipes<\/em>) (<em>formosipes<\/em>\u00a0is from the Latin for \u201c<em>beautiful leg\/foot<\/em>\u201d) are named for a white band that crosses their face, right below the level of the eyes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1295835\/bgimage\">Crab Spider &#8211; Misumenoides formosipes &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>(depending, of course, on whether the spider is right-side-up or up-side-down). But there\u2019s a catch.\u00a0Like the very common Goldenrod crab spider (<em>Misumena viata<\/em>), female WBCSs can change colors depending on where they\u2019re sitting &#8211; from white to yellow and back \u2013 by secreting or excreting yellow pigment from their normally-white outer cell layer (cuticle).\u00a0Turning yellow takes longer \u2013 up to three weeks \u2013 than does reverting to white.\u00a0In its yellow form, it could be called the Yellow-banded crab spider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2058436\/bgimage\">Crab spider July 24 &#8211; Misumenoides formosipes &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>.\u00a0Other common names include Red banded crab spider and Ridge-faced flower spider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019re widespread, found in Ontario and much of the US, excepting the Northwest quadrant.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WBCSs have eight eyes \u2013 four are arranged in a straight line, two are above that, and the other two are around the edges.\u00a0As is common in spiders, females are much larger than males<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bugguide.net%2Fnode%2Fview%2F89420&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmsambari%40uwm.edu%7C1cba50dc2d4b4072ac3608de9aa195e0%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C639118216296638861%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=A8wSG0U7vNAWFpe084J2ZLRAm2YJ%2FD002mcwabc29d8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/89420\">White (red) banded crab spider &#8211; Misumenoides formosipes &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>, and they have dark markings on their legs, which separates them from some of the other genera of flower crab spiders.\u00a0Females come in a variety of colors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/35697\">Crab Spider &#8211; Misumenoides formosipes &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6516\">Crab Spider &#8211; Misumenoides formosipes &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/327244\">crab spider &#8211; Misumenoides formosipes &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>.\u00a0Males typically have a red\/orange\/gold abdomen, and their four front legs are dark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/577576\/bgimage\">Red And Black M. formosipes &#8211; Misumenoides formosipes &#8211; BugGuide.Net<\/a>, but they can\u2019t switch colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WBCSs don\u2019t make trap webs; they\u2019re ambush predators that hang out on flowers and attempt to grab any visitor to the flower that looks toothsome, even if it\u2019s slightly larger than they are.\u00a0They are frequently collected by various mud dauber wasps &#8211; stung, paralyzed, and used to provision the wasp\u2019s egg chambers \u2013 food for eventual wasp larvae. Spider eggs and spiderlings provide food for lots of predators.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Males, especially when they are actively hunting for a mate, are nectivores, feeding on pollen and nectar, especially on Queen Anne\u2019s lace.\u00a0Searching for a mate takes up a good deal of a male\u2019s time, so he employs a \u201cBird in the Hand\u201d strategy.\u00a0He locates a female before she becomes fully mature (<em>unmated penultimate female<\/em>), and he guards her until she is old enough to reproduce.\u00a0He lives on her inflorescence and takes on rival males, but despite his devotion \u2013 and energy investment &#8211; whichever male is closest after she undergoes her final molt will likely be the lucky spider, although the resident male does have the home-field advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Female WBCSs like Black-eyed Susans, and males search for likely flowers by their smells.\u00a0His small size and light weight allow him to jump from one flower head to another or to loose a line of web into the wind and to tightrope across it after it sticks to the next flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Females create silk sacs holding 80 to 180 eggs, attach them to leaves, and guard them until she eventually freezes.\u00a0The spiderlings exit the egg sac in spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes \u2013 they do eat pollinators, and everyone loves pollinators.\u00a0But these are native spiders feeding on native pollinators, and they worked all that out a long time ago &#8211; their food habits don\u2019t upset the Balance of Nature, and they supply protein for larger critters. 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