#4425 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
American Green Crab Spider
Misumessus oblongus
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- 1. © Margarita Lankford · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jen Cross · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Ilona L · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Ashley M Bradford · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Gracie Catanzaro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Daniel Mooney · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © her_sinking_sun · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Adam E. Willis · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Misumessus is a genus of spiders in the Thomisidae family. It was first described in 1904 by Banks. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Misumessus oblongus , found from "Canada to Guatemala, St. Vincent".
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 17,284 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- American Green Crab Spider
- scientific name
- Misumessus oblongus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Thomisidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 17,284
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Thomisidae
#4198 📷 9Goldenrod Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Kameleonspin
Misumena vatia
👀 365 in NL
#4223 📷 10Eurasian Green Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Groene krabspin
Diaea dorsata
👀 82 in NL
#4235 📷 10Swamp Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Moeraskrabspin
Xysticus ulmi
👀 65 in NL
#4289 📷 10Schorskrabspin
Tmarus piger
👀 16 in NL
#4297 📷 8Platte Krabspin
Coriarachne depressa
👀 15 in NL
#4310 📷 10Boskrabspin
Xysticus lanio
👀 12 in NL
#4335 📷 7Triangle Crab Spider
🇳🇱 Struikkameleonspin
Ebrechtella tricuspidata
👀 8 in NL
#4346 📷 10Stompe krabspin
Pistius truncatus
👀 2 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 172392, Wikidata Q2462168, GBIF 6717839, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.