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Unknown Crab Spider

Family Thomisidae, Thomisus sp. ?

Photo by Andrea Lim
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Field Notes

Description:

Small crab spider to 4mm body length. The spider was hanging down from the vegetation on a 50cms length of web. It was moving around in the light breeze hoping for prey to blunder by.

Habitat:

James Cook University, Cairns QLD

Reference Links:

FAMILY THOMISIDAE - Flower Spiders, Crab Spiders

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Andrea Lim
Hi Ali, Ozyptila praticola doesn't occur in Australia. I will keep looking. Cheers!
Ali Hemati Pour
(Ozyptila praticola) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_spider
KimLomman
Please consider adding this to the mission Wildlife of North Queensland - http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/22680024

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Wildlife of North Queensland

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PublishedApril 21, 2013

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