Pink crab spider
The pink crab spider is a master of hide and seek. The female can change her colour to white, yellow or pink to match the flower she sits in. Then she waits very still in the middle of the flower for an insect to come close.
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Fun facts
It does not spin a web to catch food. It grabs insects with its long front legs.
The female is much bigger than the male. She is 7 to 11 millimetres long, he is only 2 to 4.
The male is plain green or brown and does not change colour.
Bees often stay away from flowers where these spiders hide.
Spider babies can eat pollen to stay alive, but they need insects too in order to grow.
Most asked questions about Pink crab spider
?Can the pink crab spider change colour?
Yes, the female can turn white, yellow or pink to match her flower.
?Why is it called a crab spider?
Crab spiders hold their front legs out to the side like a crab's claws.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Thomisus onustus
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Thomisidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Thomisidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Thomisus onustus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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