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Crab spider feeding on a Junonia atlites butterfly in a Zinnia elegans flower. The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders.
Thomisus onustus is a crab spider belonging to the genus Thomisus. These spiders are found across Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East and Asia. T. onustus reside in flowers in lowland vegetation. Females are distinguished by their larger size and ability to change color between white, yellow, and pink as a means of matching ...
Mecaphesa celer, known generally as the swift crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. Its range is quite large, and it is found throughout much of North and Central America. [1] [2] M. celer are sit-and-wait predators who hide out on the flowers and upper stalks of plants, waiting for prey to pass by. [3]
American Green Crab Spider (Misumessus oblongus) Misumessus oblongus, also known as the American green crab spider, [1] is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. It is found in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Mecaphesa asperata, the northern crab spider, is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae, found in North and Central America, and the Caribbean. [1] It is a species of the 'flower spiders', so-called because they generally hunt in similarly coloured flowers for visitors such as bees and flies, and is a much smaller nearctic relative ...
Thomisus Onustus in Behbahan, Iran. The distribution of Thomisus species is almost worldwide, with the notable exception of most of South America. [5] Although Thomisus species can be found almost anywhere on earth, most species occur in the tropics and the warmer regions of the Old World, with fewer species in the region from New Guinea to Australia and the New World.
Thomisidae: Genus: Tmarus: Species: T. angulatus ... Tmarus angulatus female. Tmarus angulatus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. It is found in ...
Synema globosum is a species of spider belonging to the family Thomisidae (crab spiders). It is sometimes called the Napoleon spider , because of a supposed resemblance of the markings on the abdomen to a silhouette of Napoleon wearing his iconic hat .