Zygometis xanthogaster crab spider

This spider was so very tiny! No more than 3 mm body length.

comments (11)

Ernst

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What a beautiful spider. Posted 2 years ago, modified 2 years ago
1. Ernst
  
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  Me again Ruth.
  The species is Zygometis xanthogster Posted 2 years ago, modified 2 years ago
2. 1. Ernst
    
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    Sorry should be Z. xanthogaster Posted 2 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
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      Do you have a link with any info on this species, Ernst? Google gives back zero results, so don't know where to start.
      
      @Ruth: love this photo! Posted 2 years ago
    2. 1. Ruth Spigelman
        
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        The Milky crab spider http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1942 Posted 2 years ago
      2. Ernst
        
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        Hi Ferdi
        The link I used and also Ruth used to identify this spider is .
        http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1942 Posted 2 years ago
      3. Ferdy Christant
        
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        Thanks! Posted 2 years ago
    3. Ruth Spigelman
      
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      With grateful thanks Ernst - usually like to ID before posting, but didn't in this case. That's such a help. Posted 2 years ago
    4. 1. Ernst
        
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        Ruth, you are welcome .It is a great image and the way you mentioned how you got it shows that some misshap I are sometimes a benefit. Posted 2 years ago

Paul Dirksen

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Nice contrast with that wood Ruth, Posted 2 years ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
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  That was fortuitous Paul - I'd seen it on a Senecio succulent white flower and got too close so it dropped for safety as many of them do. Then spent quite a while trying to find this pinhead size spider amidst the mulch. It's paleness did help! Posted 2 years ago

The Zygometis xanthogaster

''Zygometis'' is a genus of spider in the Thomisidae family described by Simon in 1901, containing the sole species ''Zygometis xanthogaster'', with a distribution of "Thailand to Australia, Lord Howe Island".

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Species identified by Ruth Spigelman