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Copyright: aytul akel (lutya) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 18 W: 0 N: 92] (447)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-13
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Nikon Coolpix P3
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-06 1:19
Viewed: 908
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello Friends!
This is a hunting shot of Flower Spider(Thomisus Onustus) from Thomisidae family, Hope you like it.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Superfamily: Thomisoidea
Family: Thomisidae


Crab spiders make up the Thomisidae family of the Araneae order. They are also commonly called "flower spiders" because they are most often found on flowers, lying in ambush for prey. Crab spiders do not build webs to trap prey, but are active hunters much like the jumping spiders (Salticidae).

They are called crab spiders because of their first two pairs of legs, which are held out to the side giving them (with their flattened, angular bodies) a crab-like appearance. Also, like crabs, these spiders move sideways and backwards more easily than forwards.

Crab spiders camouflage in flowers and eat bees and butterflies that come in search of nectar. Crab spiders can kill insects much larger than them. Mother Crab spiders do not eat.
Giant Crab spiders eat cockroaches and pest insects that crawl in roses. They eat insects that come close. They eat bees. Crab spiders use a rapid poison to kill their food. They eat pests that are near. Crab spiders catch their prey with their front legs.

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Merhaba Aytül,
Kafa kafaya vermiş nefis bir avcı-av ikilisi yakalamışsın, netlik ve kompozisyon da mükemmel olmuş, ellerine sağlık diliyorum.
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Soldakinin adı Thomisus onustus. Komopzisyon gayet güzel. Biraz keskinlik ve kontrast ister gibi. Ellerinize sağlık

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10618)
  • [2008-03-06 10:08]

Ne kadar güzel yakalamışsınız Aytül hanım, bu kamuflaj ustası Örümceği doğada görmek çok zor oluyor. Renkler, netlik ve kompozisyon mükemmel olmuş. Tebrikler.

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