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Crab spider o araña cangrejo

misumenops

Description:

Pertenece a la familia de los tomísidos (Thomisidae), arañas araneomorfas conocidas popularmente como arañas cangrejo, debido al largo tamaño de los pares de patas 1 y 2 y a su capacidad para desplazarse lateralmente. Poseen un veneno poderoso contra insectos, lo que les hace unas efectivas cazadoras. Crab spider is a common name applied loosely to many species of spiders, but most nearly consistently to members of the family Thomisidae. Among the Thomisidae it refers most often to the familiar species of "flower crab spiders", though not all members of the family are limited to ambush hunting in flowers.

Habitat:

Flores. Flowers

Notes:

Cazando insectos por emboscada en Gardenia jasminoides (Jazmin del Cabo)

1 Species ID Suggestions

AnaQuaglino
AnaQuaglino 11 years ago
Araña cangrejo
misumenops


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AnaQuaglino
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AnaQuaglino

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Spotted on Dec 15, 2012
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012

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