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Thomisus okinawensis
Yellow flower crab spider just lying in wait on a Zinnia flower to ambush insects. This species is a Thomisus okinawensis Strand, 1907, of family Thomisidae, subfamily Thomisinae, tribe Misumenini, distributed in Thailand to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Indonesia. Females of Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 are 4-10mm long, males 2-7mm. Brightly colored, usually matching the color of the flower in which they are waiting in ambush. Some species can change their color over a period of some days to match the flower color, typically in ranges of white, pink, and yellow.
Spotted in Biñan Laguna, Philippines. Backyard garden.
Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148.... Other Thomisus spp for consideration: T. ilocanus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Cagayan Province, Philippines T. iswadus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines T. italongus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Leyte Island, Philippines T. laglaizei Simon, 1877 — Myanmar, Philippines, Java, Sumatra Reference: http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=AugA...
Spotted on Aug 31, 2012
Submitted on Oct 1, 2012
2 Comments
Thank you Arvin.
wow..great spotting..