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Flower Crab Spider

Thomisus sp.

Description:

Crab spider in the lavender patch. Biggest one I've seen yet.

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4 Comments

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Beautiful capture!

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Love it!

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

There's lots of prey for the spider: bees, wasps, butterflies and other flying insects.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Beautiful Series! Perhaps the Lavende rinduced a healthier, bigger spider.

Johan Heyns
Spotted by
Johan Heyns

Lesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on Jan 11, 2013
Submitted on Jan 11, 2013

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