Crab Spider Behavior

arachadillo

Arachnopeon
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]Anyone know what this goldenrod crab spider is doing toward the end of the video when it raises its forelegs. It looks like defensive or offensive behavior, but not sure.

[video=youtube;Oq5Wgg9QISA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq5Wgg9QISA[/video]

Don't know why the video does not show up. Here's an alternative link for the video.

goldenrod crab spider
 
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Curious jay

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You referring to it raising a palp to its eyes? Looks like its just grooming to me. The crab spider I owns raises leg set I as a defensive stance and occasionally does it as if it's picking up movement in the air around it?
 

arachadillo

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Thanks

thanks all... grooming did not occur to me, yet since he/she was eating the after grooming sounds logical. It just looked like a spider kung-fu move rather than grooming.
 
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