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
ThomisidaeThomisidae Image Index Runcinia acuminata Sidymella Tharrhalea sp Tharrhalea evanida Tharrhalea multopunctata Thomisus spectabilis Tmarus cinerasceus Xysticus bimaculatus Zygometis xanthogaster
SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Spiders Index Araneidae — Orb Weavers Spider sac Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Cosmophasis micarioides Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Euryopis umbilicata (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spider) Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Helpis minitabunda (Bronze Hopper) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Molycria burwelli Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Redback Spider Miturgidae Salticidae Tetragnatha Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider
