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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Spiders - Arachnida
      - Order - Spiders - Araneae
        
        Family - (Thomisidae) - Thomisidae
        
        Species - Northern Flower Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata

Northern Flower Crab Spider - Mecaphesa asperata

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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Citation for data on this website:
Northern Flower Crab Spider — Mecaphesa asperata. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 1, 2025, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=ILARAS1010