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Crab Spiders
Crab Spiders
Thomisidae
Arachnida
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

Crab spiders live among flower petals and foliage across the globe. They can shift their body color to match the specific bloom they are currently hunting on.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg sac
    A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Thomisidae