Philodromid Crab Spider

Philodromus dispar

"Philodromus dispar" is a philodromid crab spider found on trees and bushes. It is an agile hunter. The female of the species is variable in size and colour. The male is shiny and iridescent black or dark brown with white edges.
A Eurasian Running Crab Spider Protecting It’s Egg Mass There were five or six of these on the underside of our rotating drum composter. They came to light when I rotated the drum. I am guessing that it is a grass funnel spider perhaps of the genus Agelenopsis. I may, of course, have it all wrong… again! Canada,Geotagged,Philodromus dispar,Summer

Appearance

The spider is about 5mm long; it feeds on flies and other insects. It does not build a web, but hunts its prey by remaining stationary in ambush and awaiting prey to come near it.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyPhilodromidae
GenusPhilodromus
SpeciesP. dispar
Photographed in
Belgium
Canada
United States of America