Thomisus spectabilisWhite Crab Spider and the Honey Bee White Crab Spider Prey
An ambush spider and predatory species, the White Crab Spider (Thomisus spectabilis), are often found sitting motionless on plant and on flowers waiting for insects, especially those feeding on the pollen and nectar of flowers. They eat a variety of insects including bees, crickets, flies and butterflies.
The following prey is one of the commonly named Sand Wasps, genus Bembix sp.
Footnote & References
- Photographs Thomisus spectabilis © Stefan Jones
- Many thanks for genus Bembix sp. ID to Cath McInnes, member of Bee Aware of Your Native Bees (Australia), Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/beeawareofyournativebees
Thomisus spectabilisWhite Crab Spider and the Honey Bee White Crab Spider Prey
ThomisidaeRuncinia acuminata Sidymella Sidymella hirsuta Tharrhalea sp Tharrhalea evanida Tharrhalea multopunctata Thomisus spectabilis Tmarus cinerasceus Xysticus bimaculatus Zygometis xanthogaster
SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Araneidae — Orb Weavers Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Flower Spiders Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus volans Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider