Thomisus spectabilis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Thomisidae
- Genus
- Thomisus
- Species
- Thomisus spectabilis
- Scientific Name
- Thomisus spectabilis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Thomisus spectabilis
Thomisus spectabilis, also known as the white crab spider or Australian crab spider, is a small spider found in Australia and far east Asia.
The body length of the female is up to 10 mm, the male 6.2 mm. Including legs, the spider is around 3 cm across. This spider is usually white, though sometimes may appear yellow. The legs and head appear almost translucent. Thomisus spectabilis is an ambush predator, often seen resting in flowers of its same color. Its egg sacs are laid in a folded leaf, and the cream colored eggs, typically 1 mm in diameter, range between 200 and 370 in number.
These spiders primarily eat insects and their preference for symmetry helps them in capturing pollinating insects such as butterflies and bees. The spider also takes advantage of its color scheme's reflectance of UV light to create a color contrast in the visual field of the bees that attracts the bees.
The Australian crab spider is mostly a suburban or urban animal found in Eastern Australia, and their habitat is among white and yellow daisies.
Thomisus spectabilis are a venomous species. Their venom is not known to be medically significant. These spiders do not weave webs, but rather chase and ambush their prey.
...Thomisus spectabilis in languages:
- English
- Flower Spider
- English
- Spectacular Crab Spider
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Thomisus albens
- Thomisus albertianus
- Thomisus albohirtus
- Thomisus amadelphus
- Thomisus andamanensis
- Thomisus angulatulus
- Thomisus angustifrons
- Thomisus arabicus
- Thomisus armillatus
- Thomisus ashishi
- Thomisus australis
- Thomisus baghdeoi
- Thomisus bargi
- Thomisus beautifularis
- Thomisus benoiti
- Thomisus bicolor
- Thomisus bidentatus
- Thomisus bigibbosus
- Thomisus blandus
- Thomisus boesenbergi
- Thomisus bonnieri
- Thomisus bueanus
- Thomisus bulani
- Thomisus callidus
- Thomisus cancroides
- Thomisus candidus
- Thomisus castaneiceps
- Thomisus cavaleriei
- Thomisus citrinellus
- Thomisus congoensis
- Thomisus dalmasi
- Thomisus danieli
- Thomisus daradioides
- Thomisus dartevellei
- Thomisus dentiger
- Thomisus destefanii
- Thomisus dhakuriensis
- Thomisus dhananjayi
- Thomisus duriusculus
- Thomisus dyali
- Thomisus elongatus
- Thomisus eminulus
- Thomisus galeatus
- Thomisus ghesquierei
- Thomisus godavariae
- Thomisus gouluensis
- Thomisus granulatus
- Thomisus granulifrons
- Thomisus guadahyrensis
- Thomisus guangxicus
- Thomisus hararinus
- Thomisus hui
- Thomisus hunanensis
- Thomisus ilocanus
- Thomisus iswadus
- Thomisus italongus
- Thomisus janinae
- Thomisus jocquei
- Thomisus kalaharinus
- Thomisus katrajghatus
- Thomisus keralae
- Thomisus kitamurai
- Thomisus kiwuensis
- Thomisus kokiwadai
- Thomisus krishnae
- Thomisus labefactus
- Thomisus laglaizei
- Thomisus lamperti
- Thomisus leucaspis
- Thomisus litoris
- Thomisus lobosus
- Thomisus ludhianaensis
- Thomisus machadoi
- Thomisus madagascariensis
- Thomisus magaspangus
- Thomisus manishae
- Thomisus manjuae
- Thomisus marginifrons
- Thomisus meenae
- Thomisus melanostethus
- Thomisus mimae
- Thomisus modestus
- Thomisus natalensis
- Thomisus nepenthiphilus
- Thomisus nirmali
- Thomisus obscuratus
- Thomisus obtusesetulosus
- Thomisus ochraceus
- Thomisus odiosus
- Thomisus okinawensis
- Thomisus onustus
- Thomisus oscitans
- Thomisus pateli
- Thomisus pathaki
- Thomisus penicillatus
- Thomisus perspicillatus
- Thomisus pooneus
- Thomisus pritiae
- Thomisus projectus
- Thomisus pugilis
- Thomisus rajani
- Thomisus retirugus
- Thomisus rigoratus
- Thomisus rishus
- Thomisus roeweri
- Thomisus schoutedeni
- Thomisus schultzei
- Thomisus scrupeus
- Thomisus shillongensis
- Thomisus shivajiensis
- Thomisus sikkimensis
- Thomisus simoni
- Thomisus socotrensis
- Thomisus sorajaii
- Thomisus spectabilis
- Thomisus spiculosus
- Thomisus stenningi
- Thomisus stigmatisatus
- Thomisus stoliczkai
- Thomisus sundari
- Thomisus swatowensis
- Thomisus telanganaensis
- Thomisus tetricus
- Thomisus transversus
- Thomisus tripunctatus
- Thomisus tuberculatus
- Thomisus unidentatus
- Thomisus venulatus
- Thomisus viveki
- Thomisus vulnerabilis
- Thomisus wangi
- Thomisus whitakeri
- Thomisus yemensis
- Thomisus zaheeri
- Thomisus zhui
- Thomisus zuluanus
- Thomisus zyuzini































































































































































