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some impressive verticality from this very gravid mystery Misumena. with crab spiders being as grumpy as they are, this is one of the best possible outcomes to approaching one - a photo of them all scrunched up is fun, but this pose really was made for the classic lazy vertical phone shot
she was still grumpy though
(July 10th, 2025)
Crab Spider (Epicadus heterogaster), family Thomisidae, Brazil
photograph by Frederico Falcão Salles
little-known fact about sidymella rubrosignata (and probably other crab spiders): if you say "ooo" at them they will stance up and occasionally strike in the direction of the sound. dont ask why i know this
A skeleton crab spider (Phrynarachne sp.) captures a fly in North Vietnam
by Arthur Anker
hello my dears... the last time i shot a tortoise beetle it became the most noted post on my blog... so heres another tortoise beetle i saw
what's red and black and gold all over? Chiridopsis scalaris is another tortoise beetle with that cool translucent edge just like my previous asian tortoise beetle sighting. like other tortoise beetles, this one was real small, kinda like pinky nail sized
always makes me so excited to see tortoise beetles. i wish i saw them more often. i regret not taking more pics of this lil guy from more angles but i didnt have long before it flew away
coincidentally, i saw the flat abdomen crab spider (Camaricus maugei) just next to the tortoise beetle, with a strikingly similar colour palette!!
a very common crab spider species that ive somehow never shot before? only for it to appear right next to a tortoise beetle sharing the red and black and gold colouration. and clear legs too! how crazy is that
i know its probably just a coincidence but i like to think theres some sort of ecological reason they were found together. entomologists please feel free to prove this and make my day
Epicadus granulatus
A crab spider from South and Central America.
image by Laurent Hesemans
Flower-Mimicking Crab Spiders - Thomisidae
Sooo, I already kind of knew of this species, but I didn't know about the variation ! This family of spiders contains about 171 genera of spiders ! HELLO ! ? ! ? 171 ? ! ?
That's insane ! They are insanely awesome ! ! !
@hispaatra I am nearly 100% sure, you are gonna love these guys !
HOW ARE THESE REAL ! ? ! ? THEY ARE SO GORGEOUS !
He flat, he grump, he brown lump
