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Flower Crab Spiders

Thomisus

Worldwide: 44,720 observations
Group: Arachnids

About

Thomisus is a genus of crab spiders (family Thomisidae) with almost 150 species described. The genus includes species that vary widely in their ecology, but the best known crab spiders are those species that people call the flower crab spiders, because they are ambush predators that feed on insects visiting flowers. The flower crab spiders are the species for which the popular name was coined, because of their crab-like motion and their way of holding their...

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