Green Crab Spider

Description:

Green crab spider with dark spots at abdomen, 10mm approx in body size, enlarged abdomen and large legs (when compared to the body).

Habitat:

Spotted at Zoo Ragunan area, (wild specimen), Jakarta. They are native to Asia, West Australia, East, Central and southern Africa.

Notes:

They stalk their prey at night, from an ambush position on a grass stem or from the underside of a leaf. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Thomisidae