Crab Spider
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Crab Spider

Either Misumessus oblongus or Misumena vatia, has been bounced around between the two on bugguide.net. Leg span 2 cm. Your thoughts?
This is tough, but if you had a gun to my head and forced me to choose, I'd go with Misumessus oblongus. The reason for that is because from what I gathered on Bug Guide, Misumena sp. have front eyes of all similar size. Misumessus sp. reportedly have a larger 2nd pair of front eyes, which is what definitely looks to be the case with your specimen. Either way, it's a beautiful spider :)
 

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