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Green Crab Spider
Oxytate sp.
-6.20182, 106.845
Field Notes
Description:
Green crab spider with dark spots at abdomen, 10mm approx in body size, enlarged abdomen and large legs (when compared to the body).
Habitat:
Spotted at Zoo Ragunan area, (wild specimen), Jakarta.
They are native to Asia, West Australia, East, Central and southern Africa.
Notes:
They stalk their prey at night, from an ambush position on a grass stem or from the underside of a leaf.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Reference Links:
Oxytate - Wikipedia
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2017
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