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White Flower Spider
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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WHITE FLOWER SPIDER FACTS |
Description
Most of the Diaea species of flower spiders have some green or brown markings. This one is all white - not sure if it is a different species or just a colour variation?
Size
5mm
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: | sp2 | | Common Name: | White Flower Spider |
Relatives in same Genus
Flower Spider (D. unknown species)
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