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Xysticus cristatus is an ambush hunter which spends much time sitting still, with its fore-legs spread wide, waiting for insects to blunder into them. [3] In grass it adopts a flexible hunting position either at the tips of vegetation, such as flowerheads, or on the ground surface and as a result, the prey taken is varied and is made up of flying insects, including bees and butterflies.
A ground crab spider with earthy coloration. Most species of the genus Xysticus are small to medium sized spiders. They show a sexual dimorphism in size. Females of typical species reach a maximum of 10 millimetres (0.39 in) of body length, while their males are about 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) long, about half the size of the females.
Xysticus elegans is a medium-sized crab spider. Its body length is described as about 8-12 mm and 4-5 mm for females and males respectively. [1] [2] X. elegans is described as showing strong sexual dimorphism in size; Males in this species tend to be less than half the size of females. [1]
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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 ...
Ozyptila trux, the yellow leaflitter crab spider, [2] is a crab spider species with Palearctic distribution ... wider than long. The prosoma is light brown, ...
Selenopidae, also called wall crab spiders, wall spiders [1] and flatties, [2] is a family of nocturnal, free-ranging, araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. [3] [4] It contains over 281 species in nine genera, of which Selenops is the most well-known. This family is just one of several families whose English name ...
This genus, which includes active hunters, was once considered a subfamily within the sedentary 'crab spiders' (Thomisidae species). The basic color of the body is light brown or pale yellow. It is elongate and slender (hence the common name), the carapace ( prosoma ) and the cylindrical abdomen ( opisthosoma ) show a large brown stripe in the ...