crab spider
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See also: crabspider
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]crab spider (plural crab spiders)
- Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.
- 2012, Jean Clobert, Michel Baguette, Tim G. Benton, Dispersal Ecology and Evolution:
- In temperate regions, these comprise predominantly the adults of smaller money spiders (Linyphiidae) or the juveniles of larger wolf— and crabspiders (Lycosidae, Thomisidae).
Translations
[edit]spiders that hunt in flowers
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Further reading
[edit]crab spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thomisidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Thomisidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons