Native Crab Spider

June 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
New Zealand has two main genera of crab spiders. One of the common forest ones is Sidymella, whose drab appearance and cryptic lifestyle makes it easy to overlook. One of the distinguishing traits of this genus is the blunt end to the abdomen (opithosoma).

Crab spiders are not web builders, but ambush predators. The lack of web means there's often less clues as to their presence.
The local species around here is Sidymella angulata. These shots were taken with my macro lens and the Raynox 6x microscope adapter. (And a card behind the spider)







One advantage to being an ambush predator, is that they stay pretty still for photos :)

Keywords: spider, crab spider, raynox, macro, Environment and Ecology, Sidymella angulata

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