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Heather crab spider

Thomisus onustus

20,922 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 54, February 127, March 247, April 529, May 554, June 491, July 313, August 225, September 146, October 114, November 60, December 36.
Spain2,896
France2,634
Italy1,556
Portugal1,163
Occitanie1,070
United States774
Alaska774
Greece647
Germany643
Andalucía639

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyCrab Spiders · Thomisidae
GenusFlower Crab Spiders · Thomisus

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