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back40bean Decatur, GA(Zone 7b) Sep 05, 2012

Who's this on my echinacea?

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back40bean Decatur, GA(Zone 7b) Sep 05, 2012

I also found spiders like this one on a couple other echinaceas.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Sep 05, 2012

Your spider is the same as this one, I think.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1278450/#post_9263577

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back40bean Decatur, GA(Zone 7b) Sep 05, 2012

Thanks, it did look like a crab.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 05, 2012

The critter in the first two images is a special type of assassin bug known as an ambush bug. They used to be considered a separate family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phymatinae

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back40bean Decatur, GA(Zone 7b) Sep 05, 2012

Thank you very much.

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