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Crab Spider

Thomisus onustus

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Description:

Almost pure white but picking up some colour reflection from the plant it is on. Very small.

Habitat:

Coastal strip

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Maniacval
Maniacval 10 years ago
Thomisus onustus
Thomisus onustus Thomisus onustus (Walckenaer, 1805) - 5162 - Biodiversidad Virtual / Invertebrados


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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Malcolm Wilton-Jones 10 years ago

Thanks for the exact ID Manval, I have updated the spotting.

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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Malcolm Wilton-Jones 10 years ago

Thanks Jason, do you know if it might be this: Misumenoides formosipes
I read that crab spiders don't have webs so maybe what looks like web is actually part of the plant.

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Crab spider :)

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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
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Malcolm Wilton-Jones

Sagunto/Sagunt, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Apr 23, 2013
Submitted on Jun 20, 2013

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