Rarely encountered indoors, I found this Golden Rod Crab Spider on the moulding of the door that leads to our basement. Thinking ahead to Jeanine’s response to my discovery, I relocated it outside to continue my photoshoot. This is one of the few spiders in North America that are capable of actively changing their body color from yellow to white, or vice versa, depending on the flower they are perched on. They do this by transferring a liquid pigmented material to the cuticle. The color change can take anywhere from one to twenty days to complete. I am certain this is a female which are 3 to 4 times larger than males. She will only produce one brood in her lifetime and my hope is that she does so outdoors.