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White Crab Spider - Thomisus spectabilis
FAMILY THOMISIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about White Crab Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Leg to leg 30mm
- White Crab Spider also known as White Flower Spider. This species of Flower Spiders are a little larger than the Diaea species. The spiders also hide in the flower plants and their abdomen just look like the flower buds. At day time they rest in their retreats made by the leafs and their silk. At night they sit beside the flower and wait for the visitors, such as the small moths.
- They attack their prey by their front two pairs of legs. The spiders make egg sac on leaves. Notice in the first picture the eight eyes in two rows of four on the spider's head.
- This spider is also common in Brisbane gardens, backyards and bushes.
