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Crab Spider

Tmarus sp.

Description:

Spider mimetizing on a Piper flower, waiting for bees and flies

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7 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Awesome spot Juan!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Tmarus spider.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

You are right Rubens, seems it could bee the same specie or at least related. It's interesting because Panama es very far from that part of Brasil, and I don't think is a common spider.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Very similiar to this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/731...

surekha
surekha 12 years ago

Interesting!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

exactly

misako
misako 12 years ago

nice shot! Do they do that to hide from the insects they are preying on?

Juan DiTrani
Spotted by
Juan DiTrani

Colón, Panama

Spotted on May 22, 2007
Submitted on Oct 3, 2011

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