Red-tipped crab spider
The red-tipped crab spider is a small Australian spider that plays hide and seek. It is usually green, so it almost vanishes on a green leaf. On its back it has two little bumps, each with a red patch.
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Fun facts
Its front two pairs of legs are much longer than the back two, a bit like a crab.
Sometimes it is yellow, light brown or reddish instead of green.
The mother folds the tip of a leaf over her eggs and ties it with silk to keep them safe.
Each egg sac holds about 20 to 35 cream-coloured eggs, each smaller than a millimetre.
Its genus name had to be changed, because a group of moths already had the same name.
Most asked questions about Red-tipped crab spider
?Does the red-tipped crab spider make a web?
No. It sits still on a leaf or flower and waits for an insect to come near.
?Why is it called red-tipped?
It has two bumps on its back, and each bump has a red patch.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Sidymella rubrosignata
- Named by
- L. Koch, 1874
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Thomisidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Thomisidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Sidymella rubrosignata (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 Poyt448 Peter Woodard. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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