Square ended crab spider. Image: flossiepip / CC-BY
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Araneae
- Whānau
- Family
- Thomisidae
Te Rahi
- he pūngāwerewere iti, e 4–12 mm te roa o te tinana
Size range
- small spiders, body length 4–12 mm
Te Tītaringa
- Kei Aotearoa, kei Ahitereiria, me Amerika ki te Tonga
Distribution
- NZ, Australasia and South America
Te Huringa Ora
- Kāore e hanga māwhaiwhai, engari ka iri mai i tētahi ‘aho kukume’ me te hopu i ngā ngārara ka tūpono te pātata mai
- He kirihuna tōna
- He rere awatea, he rere pō anō hoki
- I tapaina ai he pāpaka, i te mea he roa ake ngā waewae whakamua e whā i ngā waewae whakamuri e whā
- 10 ngā momo kua āta whakaahuatia ā–kupu, ā, 15 koni atu kāore anō kia whakaahuatia
Life history
- Don’t build webs, but hang by a dragline and catch passing insects
- Well camouflaged
- Active day or night
- So–named because front two pairs legs are longer than back two pairs
- Ten species described, at least another fifteen undescribed
