Observations in the Family: Thomisidae English Name: Crabspiders
Child members
Observed on: 19th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st May 2013
Likely ID: Thomisus
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
By: Ruedi Siegenthaler
Observed on: 18th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 19th May 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisus australis )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: Crabspider (Thomisus australis) on a Heuningblooetjie (Struthiola dodecandra)
Observed on: 9th October 2005
Added to iSpot: 26th April 2013
Likely ID: African masked crab spider (Synema imitator )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 6
Description: Body roughly 8mm
Observed on: 29th September 2009
Added to iSpot: 25th April 2013
Likely ID: crab spider (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
Description: Bright lemon yellow crab spider on Arctotheca calendula, with fly species.
Observed on: 25th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 25th April 2013
Likely ID: Flower crab spiders (Thomisus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 4
Comments: 16
Description: I know we have loads and loads of flower crab spiders already but the afternoon light is so glorious this time of the year I couldn't help myself!
If there is any chance of ID'ing the fly I'd be more than happy to zoom in and do another ob.
By: PieterMier
Observed on: 6th February 2003
Added to iSpot: 25th April 2013
Likely ID: Flower Crab Spiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Description: 1.5cm long
Observed on: 4th October 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2013
Likely ID: crab spider (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Description: bright white crab spider
By: Lynette Rudman
Observed on: 7th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 7th April 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
Observed on: 4th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 5th April 2013
Likely ID: Crab spiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 6
By: Goddefroy
Observed on: 26th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 10th March 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd December 2012
Added to iSpot: 25th February 2013
Likely ID: Yellow Flower Crab Spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: Judd Kirkel W
Observed on: 29th January 2007
Added to iSpot: 24th February 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 15th February 2013
Added to iSpot: 16th February 2013
Likely ID: African mask crab spider (Synema imitator )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
By: zanypurr
Location: Chosi loop, Rumphi
Lat/Lng: -10.6122, 33.8027
On Nyika plateau, Malawi. Montane grassland, 1900m. Spider was in grass near a small lake.
Close Observed on: 16th January 2013
Added to iSpot: 12th February 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
Description: Small pale green spider which hides in a flower until a pollinating insect comes, then pounces and holds onto the head of the victim. I saw it catch this wasp and a blue butterfly.
Location: Romansrivier
Lat/Lng: -33.478328138889, 19.200947277778
Romansriver Nature Reserve
Close Observed on: 21st October 2012
Added to iSpot: 8th February 2013
Likely ID: Crab Spider (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Observed on: 2nd January 2013
Added to iSpot: 2nd February 2013
Likely ID: Crab spider (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 4
Description: Crab spider with prey and jackal flies in attendance.
Observed on: 30th January 2013
Added to iSpot: 31st January 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 5
Observed on: 28th January 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th January 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
Observed on: 25th January 2013
Added to iSpot: 25th January 2013
Likely ID: Green Grass Crab Spider (Oxytate argenteooculata )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Observed on: 16th January 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st January 2013
Likely ID: Crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 30th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 10th January 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: About 4 mm long.
Observed on: 2nd January 2013
Added to iSpot: 2nd January 2013
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
Description: On Pompom weed.
Observed on: 25th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 27th December 2012
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: martinv
Observed on: 8th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 22nd December 2012
Likely ID: Flower Crab Spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Observed on: 6th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 6th December 2012
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 7
Description: About 25mm from legtip to legtip in this pose.
Observed on: 1st December 2012
Added to iSpot: 2nd December 2012
Likely ID: Crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 5
Description: The initial subject of this observation was the flowering Blisterbush covered in beetles, then the Crab Spider was spotted, and on zooming in on the downloaded images, the male was spotted on the abdomen, and then departing
By: Ernest Porter
Observed on: 19th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 1st December 2012
Likely ID: Crap Spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 9
By: Ernest Porter
Observed on: 18th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 1st December 2012
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 8th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 30th November 2012
Likely ID: African masked crab spider (Synema imitator )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 22
Observed on: 16th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 25th November 2012
Likely ID: flower crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 17th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th November 2012
Likely ID: a crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 21st July 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th November 2012
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 7th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 13th November 2012
Likely ID: African mask crab spider (Synema )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Tiny spider
Observed on: 5th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 13th November 2012
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
By: Judd Kirkel W
Observed on: 14th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 3rd November 2012
Likely ID: Thomisus spiculosus
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Observed on: 20th May 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th October 2012
Likely ID: Flower crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Location: 22, Hunters Way
Lat/Lng: -33.9968, 18.3701
Spotted at the top of Myburgh Waterfall Ravine.
Close Observed on: 4th March 2012
Added to iSpot: 15th October 2012
Likely ID: Flower Crab Spiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
By: WendyC
Observed on: 20th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 24th September 2012
Likely ID: Masked Crab Spider (Synema imitator )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: Eugene Marinus
Observed on: 4th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st September 2012
Likely ID: Crabspiders (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: lize von staden
Observed on: 15th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 16th September 2012
Likely ID: Crabspider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Description: Crab spider on the Pondoland Ghost Bush
Observed on: 10th February 2012
Added to iSpot: 9th September 2012
Likely ID: Flower crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: hof59
Observed on: 4th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 4th September 2012
Likely ID: Crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: body: appears hareless, approx 5mm across, head smaller than body
a very small spider
Observed on: 4th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 22nd August 2012
Likely ID: Thomisus
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 4th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 22nd August 2012
Likely ID: Thomisus
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Small spider that can change colour depending on the shade of the flower.
Observed on: 28th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 29th July 2012
Likely ID: Flower crab spiders (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 4
Comments: 6
Description: Spotted when photographing the Euphorbia - first saw the "fly" and wondered why it wasn't disturbed by me.
Observed on: 19th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 29th July 2012
Likely ID: flower crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 18th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 29th July 2012
Likely ID: flower crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
Description: Here's how a girl multitasks - eating a bee while being attended to by her man, all the while chatting to a friendly fly.
The third photo was taken a day after the other two, and I think the bee is the same one she'd caught the day before - looking a bit deflated.
Observed on: 3rd July 2012
Added to iSpot: 18th July 2012
Likely ID: Flower crab spider (Thomisidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
By: Prix Burgoyne
Observed on: 24th February 2005
Added to iSpot: 12th July 2012
Likely ID: Flower Crab Spider (Thomisus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Less than 1 cm across.
Observed on: 5th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 5th July 2012
Likely ID: Ground Crab Spider (Xysticus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: ca. 2mm long. I found these spiders in the dry seed pods of Acacia robusta
