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FAMILY THOMISIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Long Crab Spiders that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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- We found two Long Crab Spiders in Boondall Wetlands on Nov 2009. One was
looking for prey on grass flower heads.
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- Its target was a Pintail
Beetle, which was also resting on the grass top.
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- Another was guarding egg-sac which built with dry grass seed-head and
silks.
- Reference:
- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson
1969, p112 (Runcinia acuminata).
- 2. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty
Ltd, 1970, p48 (Runcinia elongata).
- 3. Runcinia acuminata or
Runcinia elongata -
The
Find-a-spider Guide for the Spiders of Southern Queensland, Dr Ron
Atkinson, 2009.
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