On a spring morning walk, I stop to smell a painted trillium and am greeted by a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia).

It also has two crosswise bars on the underside. Just to make things interesting, the markings can also be yellow or white. The spider may be brown or have red legs. The western black widow.

The first image, which you can see above, shows Cage in the iconic black-and-white Spider-Noir get-up that was once glimpsed as part of the character's design in the two animated Spider-Verse films.

A member of the family Thomisidae, goldenrod crab spiders are both crabby and spider-y. A medium-sized crab spider, these ...