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Flower Crab Spiders
Thomisus
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...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Heather crab spider
speciesThomisus onustus
Masked Crab Spider
speciesThomisus labefactus
Spectacular Crab Spider
speciesThomisus spectabilis
Thomisus citrinellus
speciesThomisus citrinellus
Thomisus unidentatus
speciesThomisus unidentatus
Thomisus stenningi
speciesThomisus stenningi
Thomisus projectus
speciesThomisus projectus
Thomisus guadahyrensis
speciesThomisus guadahyrensis
Two-spotted Flower Crab Spider
speciesThomisus daradioides
Thomisus okinawensis
speciesThomisus okinawensis
Thomisus sikkimensis
speciesThomisus sikkimensis
Thomisus australis
speciesThomisus australis
Thomisus blandus
speciesThomisus blandus
Brown Flower Crab Spider
speciesThomisus scrupeus
Thomisus kalaharinus
speciesThomisus kalaharinus
Thomisus godavariae
speciesThomisus godavariae
Thomisus guangxicus
speciesThomisus guangxicus
Thomisus wangi
speciesThomisus wangi
Thomisus bulani
speciesThomisus bulani
Thomisus callidus
speciesThomisus callidus
Thomisus granulatus
speciesThomisus granulatus
Thomisus penicillatus
speciesThomisus penicillatus
Thomisus zaheeri
speciesThomisus zaheeri
Thomisus laglaizei
speciesThomisus laglaizei
Thomisus melanostethus
speciesThomisus melanostethus
Thomisus gouluensis
speciesThomisus gouluensis
Thomisus spiculosus
speciesThomisus spiculosus
Thomisus zhui
speciesThomisus zhui
Thomisus congoensis
speciesThomisus congoensis
Thomisus marginifrons
speciesThomisus marginifrons
Thomisus yarang
speciesThomisus yarang
Thomisus hunanensis
speciesThomisus hunanensis
Thomisus zuluanus
speciesThomisus zuluanus
Thomisus schultzei
speciesThomisus schultzei
Thomisus bidentatus
speciesThomisus bidentatus
Thomisus bonnieri
speciesThomisus bonnieri
Thomisus vulnerabilis
speciesThomisus vulnerabilis
Thomisus kitamurai
speciesThomisus kitamurai
Thomisus tripunctatus
speciesThomisus tripunctatus
Thomisus nepenthiphilus
speciesThomisus nepenthiphilus
Thomisus dalmasi
speciesThomisus dalmasi
Thomisus zyuzini
speciesThomisus zyuzini
Thomisus danieli
speciesThomisus danieli
Thomisus transversus
speciesThomisus transversus
Thomisus pugilis
speciesThomisus pugilis
Thomisus eminulus
speciesThomisus eminulus
Thomisus kokiwadai
speciesThomisus kokiwadai
Thomisus krishnae
speciesThomisus krishnae
Thomisus natalensis
speciesThomisus natalensis
Thomisus janinae
speciesThomisus janinae
Thomisus ghesquierei
speciesThomisus ghesquierei
Thomisus albohirtus
speciesThomisus albohirtus
Thomisus granulifrons
speciesThomisus granulifrons
Thomisus leucaspis
speciesThomisus leucaspis
Thomisus galeatus
speciesThomisus galeatus
Thomisus madagascariensis
speciesThomisus madagascariensis
Thomisus arabicus
speciesThomisus arabicus
Thomisus andamanensis
speciesThomisus andamanensis
Thomisus viveki
speciesThomisus viveki
Thomisus albertianus
speciesThomisus albertianus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59282.