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White Crab Spider

Thomisus Spectabilis

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MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago
White Crab Spider
Thomisus Spectabilis Thomisus spectabilis - Information on Thomisus spectabilis


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6 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

I found this site that has a lot of photos of this species. (heavy on photos)
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details...

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago

Crab Spiders usually can adapt the colour of their Hunting/Trap Blossom after one-two days, here some links at Flickr:
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/jen_in_bris...)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/nottooshabb...)

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago

though it's not a white but a yellow one, i've seen several photos out of queensland of yellow T.Spectabilis

Christiane
Christiane 11 years ago

Thanks RiekoS.. I spotted a little yellow thing yesterday standing on my veranda looking down.. (the last photo) I had to have a closer look and found this beauty.. :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Great spotting!

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Am I looking at real eyes, or little ones? Fluffy and nice yellow spider.

Christiane
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Christiane

Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Feb 8, 2013
Submitted on Feb 8, 2013

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