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Tmarus Crab Spider

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

A Tmarus Crab Spider.
Female.
It's abdomen has a mixture of colours, including maroon, white, dark green.....
It's eye pattern is made up of 2 rows, 4 eyes up, 4 down.
It's head is greenish except for around the eyes.
It's legs are spotted black.
This is the eye arrangement of a Tmarus spider except that the eye size varies among Tmarus species.

Habitat:

Forest of Kinabalu National Park, Kundasang, Sabah, Malaysia.

Notes:

This is the first time I've photograph a Tmarus Spider of the Thomisidae family.
And one of my earliest successful attempt on photographing a spider's eyes.
A crab spider that I have never seen elsewhere, this is the first time I have seen this species.
It wasn't moving the slightest bit when I spotted it so I took the advantage to put my camera near for close-up photography.
It should have realized my presence but it did not make the slightest move to escape.
>>>Map accuracy : 400m diameter.

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Comments (2)

Yes, knowing their eye patterns can make identification faster.
Very nice photos...I guess I need to do some research on the way spiders use all those eyes.

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