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Flower Spider on Gazania flower head.
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Flower Spider. A very pale green specimen. About 5mm body length.
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Flower Spider. This one is on an Anthurium flower (Flamingo Flower). The body length is about 6mm.
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These two flower spiders were photographed on Impatiens flower. The larger one killed the smaller one. The dark spots on body of dead one appear to be where the fangs pierced it.
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Flower spider
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spider on gum leaf
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spider on gum leaf
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FLOWER SPIDER FACTS |
Description
There are probbaly several species of Flower Spiders shown on this page. Let me know if you can identify any of them. Most have colour combinations of green, yellow, red and white. The head and legs are generally green or white, and abdomen is yellow or white.
Size
female 6mm, male 4mm
Habitat
Found in flowers or on green leaves of shrubs
Food
small insects ambushed on flowers or foliage
Breeding
makes an egg sac in rolled up leaf.
Notes
Harmless. Probably too small to give significant bite.
Classification
| Class: | Arachnida | | Order: | Araneomorphae | | Family: | Thomisidae | | Genus: | Diaea | | Species: | sp | | Common Name: | Flower Spider |
Relatives in same Genus
White Flower Spider (D. unknown species)
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