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Originally Posted by Jaranath
I'm not aware of jumping spiders that reach half-dollar size in legspan.
What you have there sounds like a classic crab spider. They're specialized, camoflagued ambush predators that live in flowers. Interesting that she was on your car.
There are several different families of crab spiders, so "crab spider" isn't denoting a specific family but rather a general appearance and hunting style, although Family Thomisidae seems to be the most, uh, "popular."
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i believe that there are over 700 species of "jumping spiders". I assume that one of the many species can become large. Not to mention people tend to overestimate the size of the spider.