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Crab spider from another planet By far the strangest spider I have ever seen. Not the best photo as this tiny little thing kept hiding from me. <br />
Front view:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/29839/alien_crab_spider.html" title="Alien crab spider"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/574/29839_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=y25JrevWh%2Fn8wp4gwBF8%2BFK%2BZIw%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Alien crab spider Again not the best photo, but you had to see those eyes...ET on acid!!!<br />
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Crab spider from another planet

By far the strangest spider I have ever seen. Not the best photo as this tiny little thing kept hiding from me.
Front view:

Alien crab spider Again not the best photo, but you had to see those eyes...ET on acid!!!<br />
http://www.jungledragon.com/image/29838/crab_spider_from_another_planet.html Fall,Geotagged,Pherecydes tuberculatus,South Africa,Thomisidae,arachnids,crab spiders,south africa,spiders

    comments (3)

  1. As I see. Claire, it's your spider day today! Great species inserts! Posted 10 years ago
    1. Thanks Jivko! Posted 10 years ago
  2. What a strangely wide-eyes species, excellent discovery! Posted 10 years ago

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Part of the family of Crab spiders (Thomisidae), members of the Pherecydes genus are recognised by the two lateral eyes situated on a common elongated area that is widely truncated at the top. They are plant dwellers that do not spin a web and are found beneath vegetation and ground debris when not active. They are mainly active during the day and their gait is sideways or crablike, hence their common name.

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded May 10, 2015. Captured May 9, 2015 10:28 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/18.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO250
  • 100mm