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Indian Flower(crab) spider

Thomisus spectabilis

Description:

This spider likes to wait in the centre of white or yellow flowers for nectar-feeding insects. Presumably it is for this reason that its colour can vary from white to yellow. Thomisus spectabilis demonstrates very well the phenomenon of sexual dimorphism, the male being much smaller and a different colour and shape when compared with the female.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Atul
Atul 11 years ago
Crab Spider
Thomisus sp. Family Thomisidae.


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3 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thank you for the ID Atul!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thank u for the info Ashish..I agree with you....

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

This is know as Flower Spider which mostly seen on and around Flowering part of Flowering plants.
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/163...

Adarsha B S
Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Shimoga, Karnataka, India

Spotted on Dec 16, 2012
Submitted on Dec 31, 2012

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