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    1 day ago

    Looks like a crab spider to me. Maybe Xysticus funestus. But it’s hard to tell.

    Approximate size and geographic location can confirm the species.

    Edit: They do live in Maryland. It could be a different crab spider. But X. funestus looks closest to me. Not medically significant. Ambush spiders. Live in leaf litter.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      31 day ago

      That seemed the closest to me as well. I wasn’t sure as I don’t know my spiders very well. Thank you!

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        21 day ago

        Neither do I. But I know enough to whittle it down to crab spider and go from there. But from the markings on its cephalothorax and the stance it is taking and its general coloring, seems to fit the best.