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White Flower Crab Spider

Thomisus sp.

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

White abdomen but the rest of the body is almost translucent. A touch of maroon on the head.

Habitat:

On a Thai Basil plant in my garden. Urban area.

Notes:

This one is shy...a jumper too.

Reference Links:

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Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
SukanyaDatta
Thanks snkr.tlkdr ...since the genus name is correct; I'll leave it as it was; Thomisus sp. Thanks, again.
snkr.tlkdr
Although the exposure on the dorsal view is not suffucient,this is possibly a Thomisus spectabilis Doleschall, 1859

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International Spider Survey
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Spiders of India
Mission
Biodiversity of West Bengal, India

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PublishedOctober 17, 2015

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