goldenrod crab spider

Misumena vatia

There are no other wild species of this genus in California.

Caution: ID unsure

two rows of eyes, all the same size, often (always?) arranged in the borders of a crescent-shaped darker marking
no spines on body
leg spines are only in a row on each of the front two pairs of legs
females are larger, white to yellow, eye area tinged red, with red band on both sides of abdomen or not
males are smaller, cephalothorax and front two pairs of legs red to reddish-brown, rear two pairs of legs yellow, abdomen white with dorsal and lateral red bands
essentially no black markings
the only other species of this genus that may occur in the US hasn’t been seen since it was described in 1898 [source]

Chris’s observations: 7 (none are research grade)

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Bay Area species: iNaturalist