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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Crab Spiders

Superfamily Thomisoidea


Crab Spiders are characterised by their resemblance to a crab, with the front two pairs of legs much larger than the rear two pairs.

Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)

  1. Alcimochthes limbatus
  2. Amyciaea forticeps
  3. Ant-like Crab Spider Amyciaea lineatipes
  4. Diamond-bellied Crab Spider Angaeus rhombifer
  5. Boliscus tuberculatus
  6. Litter Crab Spider Borboropactus sp.
  7. Epidius bipunctatus
  8. Lycopus rubropictus
  9. Misumena semicincta
  10. Misumenops dierythrus
  11. Nepenthes Crab Spider Misumenops nepenthicola
  12. Green Crab Spider Oxytate virens
  13. Philodamia hilaris
  14. Philodamia variata
  15. Piatythomisus octomaculatus
  16. Sanmenia kohi
  17. Synema lineatum
  18. Thomisus callidus
  19. Thomisus guangxicus
  20. Stoliczka's Crab Spider Thomisus stoliczka
  21. Tmarus pulchripes


Upper Peirce ©Eddy Lee


Misumenops sp. ©Eddy Lee


Tmarus pulchripes at Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail ©Sylvia Chua

Synema sp., most likely S. lineatum, at Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus stoliczka ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus sp. at Chestnut Trail ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus sp ©Eddy Lee


Thomisus sp.: Dairy Farm. Rifle Range ©Eddy Lee

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