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Bird-dung Crab Spider - Phrynarachne sp.
FAMILY THOMISIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Bird-dung Crab Spiders that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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- This crab spider is black and white colours that mimics bird-dung. There
is another more common Bird-dropping
Spider that mimics bird-dung as well. There are quite a lot of insects
and spiders that mimic bird-dung. Why? We have the discussion in this page.
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- The Bird-dung Crab Spiders build remarkable retreat by bending blade of
long-tall grass to make a 360 degrees turn to create a room in which
attached by sheet of white silk, leave a small opening as entrance.
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- This is a medium size Crab Spider. We found its once in Wishart near the
Bulimba Creek on May 2010.
- Reference:
- 1. Phrynarachne
species - The Find-a-spider Guide for
the Spiders of Southern Queensland, 2009
- 2. Spider in Australia - by Ramon Mascord, 1978, p28.
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