crab spider

crab spider

See also: crabspider

English

Misumena vatia, a flower crab spider

Alternative forms

• crabspider

Noun

crab spider (plural crab spiders)

1. Any species of the family Thomisidae, 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

spiders that hunt in flowers

German: Krabbenspinne f

Russian: пау́к-бокохо́д m (paúk-bokoxód), пау́к-краб m (paúk-krab)

Further reading

• crab spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thomisidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thomisidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• crisp bread, crispbread, præscrib'd, spider crab