Crab spider

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Crab spider
Written by Dalton
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Web of Facts
Habitat Each flower spider takes a flower as its
hunting territory and waits on the petals , an
chard by its hind legs and petals extended.
Description The crab spider looks white and light
gray.
Webs and Prey The flower spider eats bees, butter
flies, and nectar insects. Flower spiders feed
and eat insects such as butter flies and nectar
feeding insects. They even eat bees as you can
see from the picture below. The flower spider
catches insects with its front legs.
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Interesting Facts The female crab spiders are
small and their legs are less than 7mm. Long.
Flower spiders are diurnal in their habits which
means they are active in the daytime. Flower
spiders are quite quick to bite but only cause
mild local pain to humans. One species of crab
spiders are the goldenrod spider. Its best known
for its ability to change its color from white
to yellow in order to camouflage among flowers.
The male is dark reddish brown with a whitish
abdomen.
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Sources

• Spiders. January, 2006. Internet.
  http//www.spiderzrule.com/spider7.htm