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Thomisus okinawensis
A female form of Thomisus okinawensis Strand, 1907, a flower crab spider from the Thomisidae family. First time I've seen this female form. The common ones in our garden are the plain yellow and plain white Thomisus crab spiders.
Backyard garden, spotted on Madagascar Periwinkle plant (Catharantus roseus), a favorite amongst the Skippers (Hesperiidae) and the Whites (Pieridae) butterflies.
Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/305... Reference: Page 231, Figure 133 of http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=AugA... http://www.taibif.tw/zh/catalogue_of_lif...
Spotted on Aug 8, 2013
Submitted on Aug 8, 2013
6 Comments
Thank you, Frederic Ansermoz :)
Nice one, and strange face!
Thanks DiegoRozo!
Thanks Satyen! :)
Thank you Marta! Indeed, she is beautiful, and a deadly ambush master also :)
Beautiful spider!