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FAMILY THOMISIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Hairy Crab Spiders that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Leg to leg 20mm
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- Most of the Crab Spiders are not hairy
except this Hairy Crab Spider. It has the long hairs all around its
pale brown body and legs.
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- The spider is just hardly be noticed when resting on hairy plant.
 
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- This is a small and hairy Crab Spider. We found its a few times in Yimbun Park
near Bulimba Creek from early to mid summer. They were always found on hairy
plants, although those hairy plants are very different.
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- The hairy plants include Lantana. As most other Crab Spiders, it is a slow
moving spider.
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- Oct 2009 on the hilltop in Anstead Forest, we found this hairy spider
captured a cricket. It dropped its meal and slowly ran away after we took a
few photos.
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- This time we found the spider on another hairy plant.
- Reference:
- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson
1969, p56, plate105.
- 2. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty
Ltd, 1970, p60.
- 3. Sidymella hirsuta (Koch, 1873) Hairy Crab Spider
- Save Our Waterways Now.
- 4. Sidymella hirsuta
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he Find-a-spider Guide for Australian
Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2009.
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